Mirror
Sam has used the Kickstarter crowdfunding website to raise the money needed to take his project onto the next level.
In the last few days he reached his goal of £25,000, with hundreds of people backing the campaign.
All
those who pledged more than £70 to Hemp Eyewear - 185 people - will
receive at least one pair of the specially-made sunglasses.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/sunglasses-made-cannabis-become-reality-4376460
Transworld Business
As more and more companies look to ways to create sustainable products and manufacturing processes, new start-ups are popping up across the board that have foundations in that philosophy. Hemp Eyewear,
a new sunglasses brand created by Sam Whitten of Glasgow, UK, is one
of those companies. Whitten has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise
the funds needed to begin the first round of production, coming off a
successful New Designers 2014 tradeshow in London. The frames, made from
a hemp composite material consisting of hemp and flax fibres, are
formed through a compression moulding process, creating a strong,
lightweight, sustainable product, according to Whitten’s Kickstarter
page. All the materials used in Hemp Eyewear’s production are
sustainable and eco-friendly, the brand says.
http://business.transworld.net/153283/news/hemp-eyewear-launches-kickstarter-campaign/
