Our Story
Light, form, and the patience of craft.
Barcelunettes was founded on a simple belief: that eyewear should carry more than shape. It should hold light, place, material and intention.
Barcelona
A mark shaped by the city.
The Barcelunettes flower mark is drawn from the Panot de Flor, the iconic hydraulic pavement tiles found throughout Barcelona’s streets. For anyone who has lived in the city, the shape is instantly familiar: geometric, organic and quietly beautiful under foot.
Barcelona gives the collection its rhythm: architectural lines, Mediterranean light, movement, colour and a sense of elegance that feels lived in rather than forced.
The Mark
Embedded into the collection.
The flower mark moves beyond symbolism and becomes part of the frame itself. It appears throughout the collection in engraved titanium details, hardware and sculpted acetate elements, connecting each piece back to its Barcelona origin not as decoration, but as continuity.
The mark was set early. Everything else followed from it.
The Founder
Sieko Skrzypczak
Barcelunettes is shaped through the vision of founder Sieko Skrzypczak, with a focus on eyewear that feels architectural, tactile and quietly distinctive.
The intention was never to create disposable fashion. The aim was to build frames with presence: objects that feel considered in the hand, precise on the face and lasting in their design language.
This is why the brand works between two worlds: the warmth and visual rhythm of Barcelona, and the discipline of Japanese eyewear craftsmanship.
Founder Note
“I have always been drawn to objects that change with light. Things that reveal themselves slowly rather than immediately.”
Barcelunettes began from that instinct. Not from fashion, trends or the idea of building a large brand, but from a fascination with colour, reflection, texture and the emotional weight that objects can carry over time.
Many details inside the collection begin with questions that are almost atmospheric rather than technical. How does acetate behave under Mediterranean sunlight? How can a surface hold depth instead of flatness? How can a frame feel calm, architectural and expressive at the same time?
The wave patterns developed throughout the Vagues Collection were never intended as decoration. They were created to mimic the natural shimmer of light moving across water: shifting reflections, layered tones and subtle movement that changes depending on angle, environment and time of day.
We are not interested in making eyewear for a single photograph or a single season. We are interested in frames that continue to feel personal after years of wear, objects that age with character and remain emotionally resonant long after trends disappear.
Handmade in Japan
Barcelona rhythm.
Japanese discipline.
Each Barcelunettes frame is handmade in Japan, where eyewear production is treated as a precise craft rather than a simple manufacturing process.
The work requires balance, patience and refinement: shaping, polishing, fitting and finishing each component until the frame feels resolved.
Sabae, in Fukui Prefecture, represents one of Japan’s most important eyewear regions. Its reputation was not built through spectacle, but through generations of accumulated skill.
That quiet discipline matters to Barcelunettes because the frame is not treated as a trend object. It is treated as something that should feel right every time it is picked up, worn, adjusted and lived with.
It is not trying to be seen. It is trying to be right.
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Questions About Barcelunettes
Founder, origin and craftsmanship.
Who founded Barcelunettes?
Barcelunettes was founded by Sieko Skrzypczak, with a focus on creating luxury eyewear that combines the architectural identity of Barcelona with the precision craftsmanship of Japanese eyewear manufacturing.
Where is Barcelunettes designed?
Barcelunettes is designed in Barcelona, Spain. The brand identity draws from the city’s architectural geometry, Mediterranean light and cultural detail, including the Panot de Flor pavement tile that forms the basis of the brand mark.
Where are Barcelunettes frames manufactured?
Barcelunettes frames are handmade in Sabae, Japan, one of the world’s most respected centres of specialist eyewear craftsmanship.