ic berlin sunglasses are handcrafted with extreme care, these screwless sheet metal sunglasses combine great functional design with modern edgy urban fashion. Beginning as an idea in 1996, two friends showed ic! Berlin founder Ralph Andrel prototypes of their innovative sunglasses that had no screws or glue holding the frame together. Ralph saw huge potential and decided to build a company around the design and so, in 1997 the trio began crafting sheet metal frames out of a tiny apartment in Berlin-Mitte and ic berlin was born! Today ic! berlin Sunglasses is Berlin-based within its own Produktion Haus. ic! Berlin proudly maintains their eyewear is 100% manufactured in Germany with over a hundred artisan designers and engineers working as part of the ic! berlin team.