The future is just a fantasy away, floating out there in the prism of the mind. Join us as we embark on journeys beyond the confines of our times, paying no heed to all we’ve needed to leave behind. For if indeed a longing for escape is a desire for place, than every step onward brings a recollection of home, and every amble of our thoughts is but a memory frozen in amber. But way out in the water, see our dreams still swimming? An inner light still faithfully brimming? A reminder to all that history continues in thrusts and flurries, and the best way to survive is to tell our stories. The narratives we impart with our newest collection is one that balances tradition with invention. They speak softly of travels once and soon-to-be taken, across past eras and current innovations. For this flight we’ve prepared you a seat among clouds, where brightly thunders the cauldron of creation, those old feelings of simple pleasures and fascinations lighting the horizon of our imaginations.

the jmm story

Jacques Marie Mage (JMM) is a Los Angeles-based producer of limited-edition designer goods that specialize in the micro-production of artisanal eyewear. Drawing inspiration from across continents, cultures, and generations, JMM combines world-class craftsmanship with advanced production methods, embracing an array of rich materials, bold geometric shapes, and an exuberance of attitude to create impeccably crafted spectacles that elegantly infuse historical motifs with a modern sensibility. Powerful, playful and meaningfully idiosyncratic, JMM offers sophisticated statement pieces infused with a distinct perspective, eyewear informed by a design language that combines a respect for history, craft, and technical innovation, ultimately resulting in small-batch goods that pay homage to the past while pushing the aesthetic into the future.