Alessandra Salimbene

From stone and fire the search for the perfect vision through the ages.
The first issue of Micromega magazine is online, you can browse it, download the pdf or request your paper copy.

The history of glasses and the similarities between the first Venetian glasses and Micromega frames.

The most poetic part of creativity is its realization: what is the use of dreaming if our thought is not realized in something concrete and tangible, ready to be shared with the world?

We love the life of the shop, we wanted to stay like this, faithful to ourselves, gathered around our work table where we embroider with gold and titanium threads, we carve ophthalmic lenses in friezes and leaves, we tie together pieces of wood, horn, acetate to build ever more ambitious balances. But we are Venetians

Micromega eyewear is born from titanium: a resistant, malleable metal, which makes resilience (the ability to return to its original shape once manipulated) a fundamental characteristic, which makes it suitable for use in the most delicate and disparate fields of industry and design. The discovery of titanium allowed Roberto Carlon, owner of Micromega, to dream