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Explore the fusion of advanced design and exceptional craftsmanship with MYKITA eyewear at Konstantin. Recognized worldwide for its minimalist aesthetic, lightweight construction, and engineering precision, MYKITA creates frames that balance innovation with individuality. Each pair is carefully handcrafted in Berlin, reflecting the brand’s dedication to quality, functionality, and modern design.
Mykita started in a former children’s daycare in Berlin — and that spirit of curiosity and play has never left. Founded in 2003 by Harald Gottschling, Daniel Haffmans, Philipp Haffmans, and Moritz Krüger, Mykita began with a clear aesthetic vision and an absolute readiness to do things themselves.
When no manufacturer could produce their original designs to the standard they required, they built their own manufactory. That decision — to develop their own tools, their own processes, and their own production capabilities — became the defining principle of everything Mykita does.
Today, every Mykita frame is hand-assembled at Mykita Haus, the brand’s historic manufactory in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district. A diverse team of craftspeople, designers, and engineers guides each product through every stage of production under one roof — from concept to finished frame — in an environment where creative experimentation and technical precision work side by side.
The result is eyewear that carries Berlin in its DNA: independent, pioneering, and designed without reference to anyone else’s conventions.
As an authorized Mykita dealer, at Konstantin Vision, we carry Mykita eyewear at our NYC showroom — and the frames consistently draw clients who appreciate design that shows how it works.
Mykita’s design philosophy is rooted in material integrity — the belief that how a frame is built should be visible, not concealed. The original Collection No1 featured an openly displayed spiral hinge, a mechanical solution that became an incidental styling element and the hallmark of the brand. That principle — that the technical solution must also be aesthetic — has guided every collection Mykita has made since.
The collection spans Collection No1 in stainless steel, Collection No2 in acetate, the ultra-lightweight Lite line, the retro-influenced Decades collection, the naturally sourced Luxe line, and MYLON — a groundbreaking polyamide material produced through selective laser sintering that is unlike anything else in eyewear.
Our licensed opticians will guide you through the full Mykita range and help you find the frame that fits your face and reflects your standards — backed by over 25 years of NYC optical expertise.
Mykita’s stainless steel frames are made from spring steel sourced from Sweden — a medical and surgical grade material with 90% recycled content, chosen for its exceptional tensile strength, fatigue resistance, and the perfect balance of malleability required for Mykita’s patented hingeless design.
The Collection No1 frames feature no screws and no welded joints. The patented hinge — visible, mechanical, precise — flexes and returns to position through the inherent properties of the spring steel itself. It is engineering in plain sight, and it is beautiful precisely because it doesn’t hide what it is.
The Lite collection takes lightness to its furthest point: ultra-thin frames comprising just three parts, designed to be virtually undetectable on the face. MYLON frames, produced through selective laser sintering — the same technique used in aerospace component manufacturing — are formed individually without molds, with zero material waste in the process.
Every frame, regardless of collection, is hand-assembled at Mykita Haus. The combination of specialized craftsmanship and advanced manufacturing technology produces frames that are as precise as they are distinctive.
Mykita pushes visible logos and conventional luxury codes into the background — deliberately.
The brand’s design language comes from an honest, uncompromising approach to materials and construction. Significant research and development goes into advancing constructions, materials, and surfaces rather than into branding or marketing aesthetics. The characteristic modernity of a Mykita frame comes from how it is made, not from a logo stamped on the temple.
The design team at Mykita Haus is a genuinely heterogeneous group — product designers and technical engineers working alongside experts from fields outside eyewear entirely. That interdisciplinary dialogue produces frames that challenge the conventions of the category: new material combinations, new construction techniques, new color and surface treatments that no one else is attempting.
Collaborations with Leica, Bernhard Wilhelm, and RIMOWA reflect the same principle — partnerships built around shared values of engineering precision and design integrity rather than fashion-house licensing.
At Konstantin Vision, Mykita sits alongside the world’s finest independent eyewear brands — because it belongs there. Come in and experience what happens when German engineering and genuine design conviction meet on your face.
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