Paloceras – A Force Between Forms

Founded by Mika Matikainen and Alexis Perron-Corriveau, Paloceras is not just entering the eyewear world – it is redefining it.

Born between the crystalline Nordic clarity of Helsinki, the sun-baked chiaroscuro of Lisbon, and the intellectual discipline of Lausanne, the label operates not on trend cycles but on tectonic shifts of intuition.

Matikainen and Perron-Corriveau met at ECAL – a crucible of unlikely pairings – where the former sought a return to physical reality after years in digital abstraction, and the latter explored digital ambiguity grounded in the discipline of woodworking.

Together, they formed a visual dialect neither had previously spoken: a dialect shaped by tension, contrast, and a mutual refusal to compromise clarity for convention

Each creation starts not with a shape, but with a question – what if eyewear acted more like sculpture? Frames that could embody presence rather than polish. Out of this dissonance, forms take shape – strange and yet personal, unfamiliar and yet undeniably right.

The Pebble collection, for instance, with its iconic inflated contours, was born not of aesthetic whimsy but of technical defiance. Refusing conventional production pathways, the founders embarked on a global search that led to a singular atelier in Shenzhen. There, with heat-moulded acetate techniques typically reserved for more avant-garde disciplines, they developed proprietary shapes that hover between fluidity and frame. The acetate is sourced from Mazzucchelli; the tooling, entirely their own.

“There’s a point where digital precision meets raw craft. That’s where we like to work.” –  Alexis Perron-Corriveau

Paloceras speaks to those for whom design is not an accessory but an integral part of their identity. The palette traverses deep tortoiseshells, molten blends, and unsentimental chromatics. Paloceras are not ornamental accessories, but architectural parts of identity.

The name – Paloceras – is a metamorphosis. Inspired by Rhopalocera, the Latin term for butterfly, it has been deconstructed, and recomposed. Light and quaint – much like the brand itself.

In a cultural climate obsessed with visibility, Paloceras appeals to those who find beauty in the discrete. Paloceras collaborates with artists, and not influencers. It releases when ready, not when required. Paloceras resists noise, and in doing so, becomes signal.

“We treat eyewear like sculpture. But sculpture you actually want to live with.” – Alexis Perron-Corriveau