![Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/02/dezeen_top-ten-glasses.jpg)
Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades
This month our readers' opinions were divided over the open-source WikiGlasses made of 18mm plywood (top right) so here's a roundup of our most popular stories about spectacles and shades.
![SIRE glasses by Aekae SIRE glasses by Aekae SIRE glasses by Aekae SIRE glasses by Aekae](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/09/SIRE-handmade-natural-horn-eyewear-by-Aekae-sq3.jpg)
1: in pole position are these Sire glasses made of water buffalo horn, which readers labelled "simultaneously fabulous and disturbing".
![W-eye by Matteo Ragni for MAWOOD W-eye by Matteo Ragni for MAWOOD](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/09/dzn_W-eye-by-Matteo-Ragni-for-MAWOOD-2.jpg)
2: second place goes to the W-eye reading glasses, made from layers of wood and aluminium without any hinges.
![Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/02/dezeen_-Sun-Cutter-by-Markus-Kayser-top-ten-2.jpg)
3: Royal College of Art graduate Markus Kayser is in third place with these sun shades that he made in the desert, cutting the material by focussing a beam of sunlight.
![VerBien by Yves Béhar VerBien by Yves Béhar](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/04/dzn_fuseproject_VerBien_augen11.jpg)
4: Yves Béhar's VerBien range of spectacles that will be distributed free to children in Mexico is in fourth place.
![WikiGlasses by Lynton Pepper WikiGlasses by Lynton Pepper](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/02/dezeen_WikiGlasses-by-Lynton-Pepper-1a.jpg)
5: this month's controversial story on Lynton Pepper's WikiGlasses comes in fifth. Tell us what you think here.
![Hair Glasses by Studio Swine Hair Glasses by Studio Swine](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Hair-Glasses-by-Studio-Swine-1.jpg)
6: in sixth place are these biodegradable spectacle frames made of human hair by Studio Swine.
![Competition: five pairs of Reykjavik Eyes spectacles to be won Competition: five pairs of Reykjavik Eyes spectacles to be won](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/04/dzn_reyjavikeyessq01.jpg)
7: next up are these frames made from a single sheet of titanium with no screws, joints or hinges by Icelandic spectacle company Reykjavik Eyes.
![Stone Blind and Qanah by Sruli Recht Stone Blind and Qanah by Sruli Recht](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_Stone-Blind-by-Sriuli-Recht-top1.jpg)
8: more from Iceland - these hand-cut Carrara marble eyeshades for the blind by Sruli Recht are in eighth place.
![Origamaster Shades by BCXSY Origamaster Shades by BCXSY Origamaster Shades by BCXSY](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/11/dzn_Origamaster-Shades-by-BCXSY-4.jpg)
9: the penultimate entry in this month's top ten is a pair of shades made from a concertina of thin plastic by BCXSY.
![Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades Dezeen's top ten: spectacles and shades](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2012/02/dezeen_-QR-U-by-Thorunn-Arnadottir-top-ten.jpg)
10: and finally, tenth place goes to these beaded shades by Thorunn Arnadottir, which feature QR codes directing photographers to make a charity donation when they snap the wearer on their smartphone.