Rigards and Ziggy Chen craft eyewear inspired by Streamline Moderne
The RG1008ZC collaboration reinterprets early 20th century architectural elegance into a frame defined by curved staircasing details and a hand applied gradient that captures the blue hour between dawn and sunrise.
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Rigards and Ziggy Chen have created frames that channel the aerodynamic vocabulary of 1930s and 1940s design, when the sleek geometry of aviation and automotive aesthetics influenced everything from building façades to everyday objects. The RG1008ZC draws directly from this visual language, weaving its architectural inheritance into eyewear that feels both studied and utterly wearable.
What distinguishes this collaboration is the signature staircasing detail, curved steps that cradle the rims in a gentle embrace, their semi circular form echoing the fan shaped theatre seating of that same era. The effect is deliberately purposeful: those steps draw the eye inward, framing the wearer’s gaze with the same compositional intention that theatre architects used to direct an audience’s attention towards the stage.
The hand applied gradient finish shifts from deep blue through to silver, a palette that captures that singular moment between night and day: the blue hour, when the pre dawn sky deepens and silver clouds catch the first copper notes of sunrise. Paired with red clip on sunglasses, the frame becomes a small meditation on colour and light, on the precise moment when one state of day yields to another.
Horizontal grooves and rounded corners continue the Streamline Moderne narrative across the frame’s smooth form. Nothing is hurried or excessive. Every detail whispers rather than declares its heritage. The exclusive edition is available through Muxa Eyewear.
Imagery courtesy of Rigards (@rigards).