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How did Douriche’ come to be?
Several years ago, I needed to purchase a pair of glasses. I wanted the glasses to be luxury glasses. Expensive. Noticeable. And very trendy, very fashionable. So, I went to an optometrist for the first time. Sat in a chair. Got my measurements. It was a very expensive boutique shop in Atlanta.
Purchase and expectations
After selecting a pair of Gucci frames and getting my lenses ordered, I left the office feeling very confident. Because now I had the perfect pair of glasses to show that I was a professional. Of status in the city of Atlanta. A week or so went by and I received my new pair of glasses.
Finding the problem
As I put on my new pair of glasses for the first time, I looked in the mirror and noticed that they weren’t level. I tried profusely to slowly bend the frame to no avail. Or, I could readjust the glasses on my head so that when I looked in the mirror, they looked level instead of slanted to the left. After about half an hour, I decided I wasn’t going to be successful, so I took the glasses off and tried to figure out what to do.
Self-reflection
I noticed that, like many people out there, my head wasn’t symmetrical. I’m not perfect, I’m flawed. So I sat back and thought, wow, what do I do? My head is not symmetric, but glasses are made for people with perfectly round-shaped heads where both ears are level and your nose is just perfect, so they fit snugly and comfortably on your nose.
Acceptance and struggle
So I went on for two years, just accepting that when I put my glasses on, they would look slanted to the left because the left side of my head is a little bit flatter from a vertical profile perspective. So, eventually, I got really frustrated with this dilemma and asked, “How do I fix it?”
Inspiration
Now, mind you, I didn’t really have a background in optometry or in glasses or anything like that. I was just a frustrated consumer. So I sat down at my computer and said to myself, “You are an industrial engineer.” And so I said, how would I design glasses for people who aren’t perfect? For the rest of the world. The other 98% of us out there. And I stumbled across an idea.
Design Concept
What if glasses were made by the people who wore them first? So how can I conceptually devise a pair of glasses that were designed by the people who wear them instead of a corporation in another country. Second, how can I make them configurable so that if one day I wanted to wear a red U-shaped frame, I could, and the next day, I could replace that part of the frame or all of the frame with a blue oval-shaped frame?
Complete functions
So those are the first two things that jumped out at me. That they needed to be customizable, something that the end user made. And configurable, something that you could replace on a daily basis so you wouldn’t have to buy 12 pairs of glasses. Then the last part of it. Was that they needed to be in components so I could take them apart? Because if I scratch a part of it or break a piece of my glasses, I don’t have to buy a whole new pair of glasses, which are very expensive.
Implementation and Results
Once I devised the concept, I developed a working model. And then, I went about trying to do a prototype. Obviously it’s never been invented before, so I had to convince some organizations to work with me. And provide some labor and other things because, obviously, I’m not a millionaire. And we went to work. And so the result of that hard labor is what you see now in Douriche’, which is the first fully customizable, configurable, and component eyewear frame ever invented.
Conclusion and Invitation
So now you know how Douriche’ came about. Now, it’s up to you to become part of Douriche’s story.