Brando Eyewear acquires Udo Proksch archive

Brando Eyewear has announced it has acquired joint ownership with Westlicht Gallery in Vienna of the entire archive of Udo Proksch, one of the most creative designers in the history of eyewear. The archive will remain housed in Vienna, pending a major museum exhibition in late 2016. Proksch began designing eyewear for the famed Wilhelm Anger. As Anger’s first designer at Optyl, he was the creative force behind Vienna line from 1957. In 1961 he designed the first Carrera ski goggles for Niki Lauda. Most notably he was the designer and alter ego behind the “Serge Kirchhofer” collection. His success as eyewear designer was overshadowed by his involvement in the tragic deaths of 6 people in 1977, for which he was arrested and sentenced to life prison in 1991.