# Chopstick Glasses Hip Stix By lourdes sanchez bayas | Published 2008-05-01 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eat-with-your-glasses-eye-glasses-chopsticks References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/index.php/2008/05/01/eat-with-your-glasses/) How's this for an unusual concept? Brad Gressel created Stix glasses which double as chopsticks and a hair pin. Well, not really. The [stainless-steel chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pocket-utensil-set)/hair pins are tucked inside the two [arms of the glasses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/on-the-wing). I think this is a funny idea. As someone who [wears glasses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/specsavers-eyewear) I know just how sweaty the arms of glasses can get in hot and humid weather. Of course, Brad Gressel's Stix are tucked away, but I still don't like the idea of putting those in my mouth. Frankly, I think its kind of gross! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.6/10 - Popularity: 41% | Activity: 58% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Multi-functional Products:** The trend of combining two or more products into one is disrupting traditional product categories and offers opportunities for companies to create innovative solutions. - **Eco-friendly Products:** Trend for sustainable and environmentally friendly products is disrupting industries and companies can create innovative solutions by creating products that serve multiple purposes. - **Novelty Products:** Products which have a quirky and unusual design element are trending, and this creates an opportunity for businesses to create products which have a distinctive style. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Eyewear Industry:** The trend for multi-functional products creates a disruptive opportunity for companies in the eyewear industry to create hybrid products. - **Utensils Industry:** The trend for multi-functional products and eco-friendly products creates an opportunity for the utensils industry to create sustainable products with more than one function. - **Hair Accessories Industry:** The trend for multi-functional products creates disruptive opportunities for businesses in the hair accessory industry to create innovative products with more than one function. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Aesthetically Functional Chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/restless-chopsticks-tableware.md) - [Five-In-One Titanium EDC Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/titanium-edc-tool.md) - [Culture-Honoring Spiralled Chopsticks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/rassen-chopstick.md) - [Freestanding Metallic Eyewear Holders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/eyewear-stand.md) - [Brutalist-Inspired Eyewear Stands](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/craighill-1.md) - [Interchangeable All-in-One Cutlery](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pinchy-cutlery.md) - [Space-Saving Wine Glasses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-splitglass.md) - [Nesting Gem-Like Drinking Glasses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/upsidedownside-glasses.md) - [Glasses Holding Loops](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/on-the-wing.md)