Vooglam partners with streetwear luminary Tombogo for its first limited-edition collaboration, reimagining equipment as eyewear.
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 16, 2025 TOMBOGO and Vooglam launch Vision Tools: Hypothesis, with five new limited frame styles synthesizing the "clothing as equipment" philosophy with primordial geologic textures into functional eyewear. This collaboration is TOMBOGO's first full eyewear collection, and for Vooglam marks a new move into partnering with emerging fashion talent. The resulting range of performance-based frames provides wearers with the aesthetics and utility to move between urban contexts and work environments.
 
TOMBOGO x VOOGLAM Eyewear Capsule
Vision Tools is guided by "A New Visual Framework", which imagines eyewear as one element of a wearer's modular equipment system. The initial collection, Hypothesis, offers five unique instrument-derived frames with the tagline "Experiment Through Sight", where one is invited to re-conceptualize how they may derive utility from their eyewear.
TOMBOGO was established in Oakland, California, by avant-garde streetwear artist and designer, Tommy Bogo. Bogo's industrial design training fused with his immersion in West Coast culture into a fashion ideology where expressive clothing serves as a functional tool. Vooglam's global knowledge base and production technologies and capabilities assist in translating sub-cultural reference points into engineered frames that are equal parts artwork and instrument.
TOMBOGO's Vooglam partnership combines industry-leading craftsmanship, functionality and artistic personal expression, which is apparent in every detail on each pair of frames.
Each frame in the Hypothesis collection represents a unique equipment-based concept. The Programmer embeds a 64GB USB drive into the frame's temples, providing digital storage backup functionality. The Geologist is comprised of sculpted, rock-like material in a techno-organic aesthetic union with daily eyewear. The Decoder features DNA helix-like arm design in both rimless and full-rim variants. The Utilitarian employs both a built-in magnetic compass and functional level, delivering new use-cases to optical frames. The Architect integrates carabiners and climbing gear forms into its spatial frame design.
Vision Tools: Hypothesis will be available December 16, 2025, on Vooglam and the Vision Tools website. Customers will be able to view the TOMBOGO x Vooglam collaboration story, launch frame specifications and stay informed on future releases. This drop introduces an ecosystem of equipment-designed vision tools for creatives and professionals.
About Vooglam
Established in 2017, Vooglam is an elevated eyewear brand filling a significant gap in the optical market by delivering premium-quality, design-forward frames directly to consumers without traditional retail markups. With a rapidly expanding catalog of nearly 2,000 unique frame designs available in over 170 countries and serving more than one million customers, Vooglam bridges affordability and luxury design. Through integrated manufacturing and a state-of-the-art in-house lens laboratory, we maintain complete quality control from design to delivery.
Vooglam collaborates with world-class artists, musicians, and designers to push the boundaries of eyewear design, serving discerning consumers who view their frames as personal art pieces that express their unique taste and identity. We look beyond.
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TOMBOGO x Vooglam Launch Limited Edition Eyewear Collection
BEIJING, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily:
Nestled at the heart of the Yangtze River Delta, Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu province, is a city where rich cultural heritage meets modern vitality. Leveraging its comprehensive industrial ecosystem, high-quality business services, and inclusive urban environment, Changzhou has steadily expanded its opening up and become fertile ground for both living and working.
The city continues to attract global talent and resources. Today, more than 4,000 foreign residents have made their homes and careers there, evolving from witnesses to the city's development into active participants who grow alongside it and contribute to its success.
A Robust Industrial Ecosystem
Industry forms the backbone of urban development and provides the foundation for greater opening up. Changzhou's well-developed industrial chains and full-cycle business support services offer solid backing for both foreign-invested enterprises seeking long-term growth and international professionals pursuing career development.
One notable example is Germany's industrial giant Thyssenkrupp, which has increased its investment in Changzhou six times over the past six years, becoming a vivid illustration of mutually beneficial cooperation between foreign investors and the city.
According to Arne Mayer, a German national and general manager of Bilstein, a German manufacturer of high-performance shock absorbers and suspension systems under Thyssenkrupp, the city's mature industrial and supply-chain ecosystem is a key factor attracting companies to establish long-term operations there.
"Here, personal growth, business growth, and industrial development are closely interconnected and reinforce one another," he said.
Beyond its strong industrial support system, Changzhou's efficient and business-friendly environment has also earned widespread recognition from foreign enterprises.
In October 2022, Ypsomed Manufacturing Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Switzerland's Ypsomed Group, a leading developer and manufacturer of self-injection systems for liquid medications, established its first production base in the Asia-Pacific region in Changzhou.
Reto Felber, head of Ypsomed Manufacturing Co., Ltd., said that the city's excellent business environment was what impressed the company most. Government departments work efficiently, listen attentively to businesses, and actively help solve practical challenges, he noted.
Today, more than 3,000 foreign-invested companies run operations across Changzhou. A total of 107 Fortune Global 500 companies have launched 216 projects within the city. Changzhou is also home to 34 provincial-level regional headquarters and functional institutions of multinational corporations, as well as 35 foreign-funded research and development centers. In addition, it has developed six provincial-level international cooperation parks, including China-Germany and China-Switzerland cooperation zones.
Inclusive Urban Governance
In 2024, Brazilian football coach Cassiano came to Jiangsu Changzhou Economic Zone to work in youth football training. Through the Jiangsu Football City League, a wildly popular amateur football tournament in Jiangsu province, he experienced firsthand the city's vibrant sporting culture and open-mindedness.
During his free time, Cassiano enjoys wandering through Changzhou's streets and alleys, soaking in the charm of this historical city. He has visited cultural landmarks such as Qingguo Lane and sampled local specialties including magao, or sesame cakes, and shrimp cakes. The authentic flavors of local cuisine have left a lasting impression on him.
The warmth of everyday life gives the city its character, while its openness and inclusiveness encourage foreign residents to put down roots and integrate into local society.
In 2011, British national Steven William Ronald joined Changzhou Institute of Technology as a foreign teacher. In January 2025, he was invited, as an expat representative, to attend the fourth session of the 17th Changzhou Municipal People's Congress as an observer.
"It was a very special invitation," Ronald said. "It reflected the city's openness and inclusiveness and made me genuinely feel that foreign residents are not bystanders but participants in Changzhou's development."
In recent years, Changzhou has positioned itself as a magnet for young people. Its youthful spirit and multicultural atmosphere have attracted growing numbers of young international professionals.
Regular cross-cultural exchange events have further strengthened ties between foreign residents and the city. Since 2012, Changzhou has continuously organized an "Love Changzhou" expat salon, welcoming more than 3,000 participants from countries including Germany and Argentina. Foreign-invested enterprises in the city are also sending cheering groups to the Jiangsu City Football League, and nearly 1,200 participants have joined relevant activities in 12 batches.
Thanks to its diverse cultural fabric and welcoming community, Changzhou ranks third among major Chinese cities in attractiveness to foreign talent. Increasing numbers of international visitors are coming to experience, contribute to, and build their futures in the city.
A Comfortable and Fulfilling Life
When early summer arrives, Arne Mayer often cycles along Changzhou's riverside greenway with his family. Nine years into his life in the city, he has raised his family here and enjoys a stable, deeply satisfying lifestyle.
"I have found a perfect balance between work and life here in Changzhou," he said.
A sports enthusiast, Mayer particularly appreciates the city's steadily improving recreational facilities. Football pitches, baseball and softball fields, pocket parks, and other leisure spaces are now widely available, greatly enriching residents' daily lives. He is also impressed by the ecological improvements along the Yangtze River.
"The picturesque riverside greenway has become a wonderful place for recreation and exercise," he said.
A pleasant environment and convenient daily life are experiences shared by many foreign residents in Changzhou.
Xavier Desfertilles, a 50-year-old French national and general manager of a Changzhou-based metal company, has lived and worked in the city for 27 years.
In his view, daily life here offers remarkable convenience. Public facilities throughout the city are equipped with clear bilingual signage; international bank cards and mobile payment services are widely accepted; and major hospitals have English-speaking medical staff, making healthcare easily accessible for foreign residents.
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Livable Changzhou emerges as magnet for global investment, talent
