The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2024 - Issue 35

biteglasses W hen considering Ace & Tate, an Amsterdam-based eyewear brand, it may not initially occur that its name is derived from ‘acetate’, a human-made, semi-synthetic material cleverly split into two. Experimentation on this tree pulp fibre began around 1860, with cellulosic acetate production patented by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) chemist Arthur Dehon Little in 1894. At first, the manufactured artificial silk, alongside rayon, was used for film and celluloid plastic before expanding into other areas. The Swiss Dreyfus brothers Camille, inventor of VIBES