Skateboard + Sunglasses

Portland-based company SHWOOD work and live by the line "Experiment with nature." 

Their experiment?

  Finding a way to engineer nifty sunglasses out of broken skate decks. (read: they take used skateboards and turn them into something you can see out of.)

The end result? 

Sustainable, wooden, unique shades. 

Pretty rad, huh?

before.

after.

See how they're made:
(note: skip to 1:30 for the juicy stuff)

Experiment No. 1 - Skateboard Shades from Shwood Eyewear on Vimeo.

The Canby Cherry

The Govy East Indian Rosewood

Spotted at Honestly WTF.

TOMS + Eyewear

TOMS has just announced their new line- sunglasses! Hooray! More snazzy accessories that make you feel like you're helping someone. For everyone pair sold, they will "give a person sight" by way of prescription glasses. One for One. Pretty Cool.

my faves:

The way it works:

images via TOMS.

Oh and btw Blake Mycoskie, the founder of TOMS went to my highschool. He came and talked to my Theology class senior year. I sat next to him. nbd.