{"id":742896,"date":"2026-08-06T01:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T01:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:55:19","slug":"the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6723112c8e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af6723112c8e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-01.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Every summer, I do the same thing. I bring my sunglasses to the beach, spend twenty minutes deciding where to put them once I get in the water, and end up burying them in the sand next to my towel. Sometimes they\u2019re there when I get back. Sometimes they\u2019ve migrated. Sometimes I sit on them. It\u2019s not a good system, and I\u2019ve never really stopped to ask whether the problem is me or the design.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why the Water Glasses project by Tbilisi-based XYZ Integrated Architecture stopped me mid-scroll. Not because it\u2019s flashy or over-designed, but because it addresses something so obvious I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s taken this long. Most sunglasses are built for everything except the exact moments when you most need sun protection: poolside, at the beach, wading through a river. The second the water comes into the picture, the glasses come off, the case comes out (if you remembered to bring one), and suddenly your supposedly practical accessory becomes a liability.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: XYZ Integrated Architecture<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-03.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"02949b978ad13a13d62565b5-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"02949b978ad13a13d62565b5-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-011.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Water Glasses rethink the object from the ground up. The design s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s everything back to two elements: lenses and a paracord. No frames, no hinges, no temples. The lenses are threaded onto the cord so they sit on the face when worn, drop below the chin when you don\u2019t need them, and hang around the neck like a necklace the rest of the time. No case, no pocket, no towel burial. They stay with you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-04.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"02949b978ad13a13d62565b5-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"02949b978ad13a13d62565b5-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-015.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-015.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-012.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>It sounds almost too simple, and I think that\u2019s the point. The studio, which typically operates in the realm of architecture, has been developing this project since 2019, and the refinement shows. The restraint feels deliberate rather than minimal for minimalism\u2019s sake. They\u2019ve essentially asked: what would sunglasses look like if they were designed specifically for the one environment where the existing design completely fails? The answer turns out to be lenses and a cord. That\u2019s either obvious in retrospect or quietly radical, depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-05.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-09.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The collection comes in three configurations, with one, two, or three pairs of lenses strung along the cord. The multi-lens versions are where the project gets genuinely interesting. Worn as a necklace or draped across the body, they stop being sunglasses altogether and shift into the territory of wearable sculpture. The photography, shot at Tbilisi Olympic Pool, leans fully into this reading, and it works. The lenses come in vivid colors and irregular shapes, some softly circular, some almost organic with wavy, knotted edges, all of them laced with paracord in contrasting hues. They look like something you\u2019d find at a contemporary jewellery fair as much as at an eyewear launch.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-013.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-014.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The lenses themselves are produced by Divel Italia, a specialty optics manufacturer, which grounds the project technically even when the visuals feel more like art than product. This matters because a design this stripped back lives or dies on the quality of its components. There\u2019s no frame to absorb any imprecision.<\/p>\n<p>I keep thinking about how much of what we own is really designed to be managed rather than used. A sunglass case is a perfect example of an object that exists purely to protect another object. We accept it as necessary without really questioning why. Water Glasses quietly make the case that a well-designed thing shouldn\u2019t require its own support infrastructure. The cord is the case. The wearing is the storage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-06.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-08.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The studio calls it a reexamination of the typology, which is accurate but slightly undersells how pleasantly disruptive the result feels. Conceptual eyewear projects come and go, and most stay safely in the realm of theory. These feel like they could actually sit on your face at a rooftop pool in July, which is the whole point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-010.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not they move into full production, Water Glasses do what good design projects are supposed to do: they make you look at a familiar object and wonder why it was ever done any other way. That\u2019s a harder thing to pull off than it looks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-640052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-640052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/08\/05\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"The Sunglasses Built for When You\u2019re Actually in the Water\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/08\/the-sunglasses-built-for-when-youre-actually-in-the-water\/water-glasses-02.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"yanko-preferred-source\" style=\"margin: 24px 0 16px; 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