Innovative Eyewear, Inc. Receives Red Dot Design Award on Lucyd Armor Smart Safety Glasses

MIAMI, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Eyewear, Inc. ("Innovative Eyewear" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LUCY; LUCYW), the developer & manufacturer of smart eyewear under the Lucyd®, Lucyd Armor®, Reebok®, Nautica®, and Eddie Bauer® brands, is pleased to announce the receipt of a Red Dot Award for Product Design, for its Lucyd Armor smart safety glasses.

Established in Germany in 1955, the Red Dot Award recognizes the world's leading products that demonstrate functional and aesthetic design excellence. Notable recipients of the award include some of the world's leading tech and consumer goods companies.

The Company has also recently received the North American Hardware and Paint Association's Retailer's Choice Award on the Armor product line, a 60-year-old award that recognizes product innovations in the hardware vertical.

Harrison Gross, CEO of Innovative Eyewear, commented on the award, "I am thrilled to receive our first Red Dot Award, a major achievement in the world of industrial design. This is a wonderful milestone recognizing our significant efforts to make smartglasses more appealing and useful for the average person. We look forward to continuing to evolve our products to build a global standard in smart eyewear. This is not only for our ambitions as a company, but because of our belief that glasses are one of the most important medical and fashion accessories on the planet. I am incredibly grateful for our amazing team's work on Lucyd Armor."

About Innovative Eyewear, Inc.

Innovative Eyewear is a developer & manufacturer of cutting-edge ChatGPT enabled smart eyewear, under the Lucyd®, Lucyd Armor®, Reebok®, Nautica®, and Eddie Bauer® brands. True to our mission to Upgrade Your Eyewear®, our Bluetooth audio glasses allow users to stay safely and ergonomically connected to their digital lives and are offered in hundreds of frame and lens combinations to meet the needs of the optical, sunglass, sporting goods and safety eyewear markets. To learn more and explore our continuously evolving collection of smart eyewear, please visit www.lucyd.co.

Forward Looking Statements

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SOURCE Innovative Eyewear, Inc.