A butterfly-inspired eyewear collaboration exploring transformation and the shedding of expectations
Helsinki / Warsaw, June 25, 2026 - Paloceras and artist and designer Ada Sokół release Exuva, a collaboration rooted in the transformation from digital to physical and the search for new forms. The result is limited edition eyewear that is both a specimen and wearable art.
Named after the Latin word exuvia, the empty shell a creature leaves behind after metamorphosis, the project takes its inspiration from butterflies, a motif woven into the origins of Paloceras. The brand's name traces back to Rhopalocera, the scientific suborder of butterflies.
Known internationally for her dreamlike 3D animations and digital campaigns for brands such as Nike and Louis Vuitton, Sokół approached the project with the same instinctive sensitivity that defines her digital practice. "I was drawn to creating tangible pieces, as my work mainly exists in the digital space," she says. "Accessories, like jewellery or eyewear, have a special place in my heart, and the moodboard was a mix of couture references and pictures of insects." The campaign was shot on film, closing the loop between the digital and the tangible in one last transformation.
The resulting frame combines a butterfly-inspired silhouette with futuristic contours and jewellery-like details. Produced at the Paloceras MicroFactory in Helsinki, the frame is printed from translucent medical-grade resin and fitted with a continuous nylon visor lens, available in Gradient Burgundy or Solid Green. Interchangeable charms, available as a flower, heart, or star, hang from the temple tips on a 925 silver chain.
The MicroFactory is the brand's experimental production laboratory, where advanced 3D-printing technologies meet traditional craftsmanship. By producing, assembling, and finishing every frame entirely in-house, Paloceras was able to realize Sokół's vision with minimal compromise, unconstrained by the limitations of conventional eyewear production.
"Exuva reflects a shared desire to shed expectations and experiment outside of a commercial brief," says Alexis Perron-Corriveau, co-founder and Design Director of Paloceras. "Because of the technology we use, the frame exists almost exactly as it was imagined."
To accompany the launch, Sokół has created an immersive installation at PURO Warszawa Stare Miasto, on public view from 26 to 28 June. Designed as a cocoon-like environment, the installation expands the project's themes of transformation through large-scale spatial storytelling.
See the collection here.
