IZIPIZI
About Izipizi
In 2010, we set ourselves the ambitious challenge to put a smile on the faces of the 2.5 billion people in the world suffering from longsightedness. It has been a long and exciting journey that has enabled us today to becomea key eyewear brand for all the family andevery moment of life.
The Value
STYLE
At IZIPIZI, we create fashion-inspired, colourful designer glasses for all the family, all face shapes and all moments of life. IZIPIZI makes it easy to be stylish every day. Our finest triumph : being able to put a smile on everyone’s face with lightweight, comfortable, trendy glasses.
ACCESSIBILITY
IZIPIZI’s other strength lies in our reasonable prices. A price accessible to all that enables everyone to read and protect their eyes from the sun and screens in style. Accessibility also means being able to find our glasses anywhere in the world, in IZIPIZI corners and stores, at our 6,400 retailers and in our online store.
QUALITY
IZIPIZI’s other strength lies in our reasonable prices. A price accessible to all that enables everyone to read and protect their eyes from the sun and screens in style. Accessibility also means being able to find our glasses anywhere in the world, in IZIPIZI corners and stores, at our 6,400 retailers and in our online store.
DURABILITY
IZIPIZI is a human-scale company that wants to make the people around it happy. Every day we work to improve the well-being of our employees and the planet. We are constantly looking for new, more durable materials, alternative transport methods and new production and storage spaces... Drawing on the lessons learnt from our Carbon Report, we now have all the keys to improve.
The Founders
IZIPIZI is the brainchild of three long-time friends: Charles Brun, Xavier Aguera and Quentin Couturier.
The three millennials grew up in Lyon, where they attended high school together. Having gone on to complete business school, they all shared a common ambition: to launch a joint business venture.
It was 2010 and they were 24 years old. The inspiration came in the form of their long-sighted parents’ repeated refrain: “Can I borrow your eyes?” Thus were born their glasses on a stick, inspired by the upright counter pens found in banks. Like magnifying glasses, the creation was an easy-to-use, everyday object with a minimalist design.
It was an immediate success. They dubbed the product “See Up” While their first clients were banks – Société Générale in particular – more and more private customers began asking for a home-use version of the product.
This led to the launch of two new collections: See Home, a revisited version of See Up for at-home use; and See Magnet, a magnetized version that can be affixed to one’s refrigerator. At that time, the two collections were sold under the company name See Concept. In 2017, they changed the name into IZIPIZI.
Izipizi by Numbers
2010
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was created
4000
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retail outlets
2010
of revenue generated
by exports
