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With us
(almost) everything
under one roof.

Welcome to the FUNK Headquarters!

Our home base is located in the tranquil Upper Bavarian village of Kinsau. In addition to the glass factory and the studio of Sashee Schuster and Dieter Funk, our headquarters houses administration, storage and shipping facilities, as well as the FUNK Optik flagship store, the vision centre with perhaps the largest selection of glasses between Boden and Chiemsee.

Our glasses are also available in our own FUNK Optik stores in Munich, Berlin, Düsseldorf and Vienna, as well as in selected opticians around the globe. Simply use the dealer search to find your nearest FUNK optician.

The eyewear of our two brands Sashee Schuster and Dieter Funk is made right here in Kinsau. From the initial design work right through to production in the manufactory. When Sashee and Dieter join forces, they really let off steam under the name Funk Food. Even if this label is not produced in the in-house manufactory, its eyewear bears the unmistakable signature of the two FUNK designers.

At the end of the day, it doesn't matter which collection it comes from: no frame can get past the scrutiny of our strict final inspection.

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The FUNK History

Not least from this wealth of experience the two FUNK designers draw the inspiration for their current collections.

2025

Early 2025: In search of the next level
Dieter and Sashee are driven by the question of how the next generation of glasses can be even more focused on future-proof and sustainable raw materials.

Mid-March 2025: Mission Chile – Turning poison into frames
This search leads Dieter Funk to IMEKO in Valparaíso, Chile. The start-up uses chemical recycling to transform cigarette butts – whose filters are made of non-degradable cellulose acetate – into high-quality granulate. Funk witnesses the process on site: pollutants are removed and the acetate is recovered. In this way, a massive environmental problem becomes a raw material for new glasses. August 2025: Celion – A new material arrives Funk secures access to Celion®, the recycled acetate granulate, and becomes a pioneer in Europe. The next step is to integrate the material into its own sheet production in Kinsau: testing properties, developing pressing parameters and creating optimal Celion sheets for manufacturing.

2024

This year, we are fully committed to sustainability and the circular economy.
At the end of the year, we will acquire a larger acetate sheet plant and will therefore be able to produce more recycled sheets. But we will also be able to produce our own base material using granulates and films. We will then be completely independent.

In the process of manufacturing our acetate raw material, we will utilise heat recovery systems to cool our facilities in the summer and heat them in the winter. This efficient use of energy contributes significantly to reducing our energy consumption and lowering our operating costs.

We have also acquired a neighbouring piece of woodland. This serves to bind CO2 and provides a habitat for local flora and fauna. The active maintenance of this forest is an essential part of our efforts to promote biodiversity and ecological sustainability.

2023

We have been making glasses from recycled acetate sheets since 2019, but now everything is under one roof:
By investing in recycling systems and machines, we are now able to produce new boards ourselves from the offcuts that accumulate in the factory. We even use the chips and thus create a 100% circular economy.

We also continue to live by the principles of ‘repair instead of throw away’ and ‘slow design’. We design repairable eyewear that consciously turns away from the ‘fast fashion’ mentality. Our models are characterised by timeless designs that aim to defy fashion trends and be worn for many years.

2022

The big anniversary year: To mark the 30th company anniversary, Funk is organising a big "Anniversary Tour" with celebrations in all FUNK Optik stores and at the headquarters in Kinsau.

2020

Over the years, one thing has not changed: Then as now, Sashee and Dieter place the highest value on quality, sustainability and transparency. Especially in these times when suddenly the whole world is upside down, there will be a return to honest craftsmanship and durable products Made in Germany. Sashee and Dieter are sure to continue to make a - perhaps even bigger - contribution to this positive development in the future.

2019

A new level of innovation has been reached:
We have our own recycled acetate produced and use it to make new glasses!
The acetate cuttings are collected during the production process and sorted by colour. As in a recipe, the quantities of different colours are then combined, ground and pressed into new acetate sheets under heat.
With this technology, we are pioneers in the European eyewear market and produce eyewear that is 100% Made in Europe.

2017

On 15 July 2017, Sashee, Dieter and their team celebrated the company's 25th anniversary with the opening of the new headquarters in Kinsau. The new building houses the administration, the warehouse, the shipping department, the FUNK Optik flagship store and, above all, the heart of the company: the spectacle manufacture.

In the meantime, Sashee and Dieter are training spectacle makers themselves and soon there will be an academy where opticians will be able to learn the craft of spectacle making in courses and workshops in the future.

People should be able to see and learn where and by whom their glasses were made. So it goes without saying that the doors of the Gläsernen Manufaktur are always open. True to the motto "we are spectacle makers with a passion and we made your glasses".

2008

Sashee and Dieter fulfilled a long-held dream by founding their own eyewear manufactory in the small Bavarian village of Kinsau. They made it their mission to save the craft of spectacle making, which is almost extinct in Germany, from oblivion. The two went in search of former spectacle makers who could teach them their craft. Initially rather sceptical, the older gentlemen soon came to the manufactory with joy and willingly shared their expertise with Sashee and Dieter.

Since then, the designs can be realised much more clearly thanks to in-house production with cotton acetate. With up to 170 steps from cutting to polishing, a high level of skill, care and experience is required.

2006

With his FUNKroyal collection, Dieter Funk now designed eyewear that not only expressed his claim to quality and seriousness, but also displayed the extravagance so typical of FUNK. Dieter entered new territory, because for the first time he showed corrective frames in a collection alongside sunglasses.

1992

It all started 30 years ago. Colourful glasses and unusual shapes laid the foundation for FUNKsunglasses in 1992. The creative mind behind it: Dieter Funk - optician and co-founder of the legendary label "Freudenhaus" in Munich. Dieter is a designer, head of character and DJ with close ties to the artist and musician scene. Always at his side: his partner Sashee Schuster.

Dieter's first collection was based on the principle of "doing it differently". The "haute couture" sunglasses, which were actually not wearable, attracted all eyes, the media were grateful for something new, unusual in the otherwise bleak eyewear landscape. A real hype arose around FUNK and Dieter immediately launched a second, somewhat more discreet collection. With this, he hit the zeitgeist and right into the heart of the techno and boarder scene of the early 90s. Even big international stars like Lenny Kravitz, Bootsy Collins, Busta Rhymes, Anastacia and Brad Pitt were spotted wearing FUNK sunglasses.

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