Could you describe your new eyewear adventure: Sapiens?
Sapiens is not only a new collection but a project that I have been working on for several years now. for this reason, it will be presented as a new brand, having nothing to do with the Xavier garcia eyewear collection. The concept behind Sapiens is of going back to the origins and reflecting on the history of human evolution, through design. This collection is inspired by research that is in constant development and how it reflects our desire to continuously evolve. This is a creative exercise, challenging conventional thinking in the market and the trends, to create something significant and unique.

How did it all start?
Some years ago, I became fascinated with reading palaeontology books - the history of human evolution, the origins of humankind and the research methodologies palaeontologists use to reconstruct the past. I understood that each time a scientist finds a fossil bone, they study its dimensions and morphology to infer and define its place in the tree of human evolution. I was fascinated by the idea that with the study of the shape of a single piece of bone, they can extract so much information about our origins, history and customs. Then I asked myself some questions: "What happens with the orbital spaces in the skulls? have their shapes changed over time? Can they determine the kind of specimen they belong to? Are orbital shapes in skulls different from Australopithecus to Neanderthals, and from Homo Erectus to Homo Habilis? Are orbital shapes on mankind today (Homo Sapiens) similar or different, independent of their origins?" 

Tell us a bit about your creative and research process...
These questions served as the starting point for formal research on the specimens that belong to our direct line of evolution: Australopithecus Afarensis, Australopithecus Africanus, Homo Habilis, Homo Erectus, Homo Neanderthal, Homo Heidelbergensis... up to Homo Sapiens. I began working from the shapes of their skulls, from their orbital spaces, and the volumes and forms of the traces we have from them. Based on this research, I started a completely free design exercise which over time has evolved into a new collection. In that sense, Sapiens consists of an ongoing creative exercise that expands and transforms research into acquirable objects.