Rudy Project shopfitting: custom eyewear display cases and glass-hood podiums
Rudy Project's Italian premium sports eyewear and helmets are among the best in their field. We were glad to build furniture worthy of them. Eyeland Kft., the brand's Hungarian distributor, gave us several successive jobs: a sofa and table, wall-filling eyewear display cases and glass-hood star podiums, all made in our Budapest workshop.
Project facts
- Client
- Rudy Project Hungary (Eyeland Kft.)
- Location
- Rudy Project showroom, 1138 Budapest, Népfürdő u. 35.
- Partnership
- Recurring work, three successive jobs
- Completed
- All three jobs delivered by 2026
- What we made
- Sofa and table, eyewear display cases, star podiums, mobile displays
- Display cases
- 10 glass doors, 55 glass shelves, dimmable LED
- Design
- From hand sketch to production drawing
- Production
- Woodnest Works, Budapest workshop
“When I'm working with them, Woodnest Works does the heavy lifting.”Nagy Balázs, managing director, Eyeland Kft. (Rudy Project Hungary)
Top-tier products, a worthy setting
Rudy Project has made sports eyewear and helmets since 1985. The Italian brand is sold in more than 60 countries, and professional cycling teams wear it. In Hungary it has been represented by Eyeland Kft. since 2008.
Products like these deserve more than a shelf. Precise frames and premium lenses have to show from every angle. The display cases also had to fit a given space, on both sides of a column. And the shelves had to keep up with a collection that changes all the time.
What we had to solve
Many top models on one wall
A great many excellent models share one wall. The furniture has to step back.
A changing collection
New models arrive often. The shelves have to rearrange without rebuilding the case.
A given space
Two wall sections on both sides of a column. Standard sizes were never an option.
A clear view
Nothing may hide the products: no frame, no handle, no visible hardware.
From sketch to display case
It took barely three weeks from the first meeting to a production-ready drawing.
1. Sketch11 March 2025At the first meeting we put the sizes and the wishes on paper. Matt white interior, dimmable LED, a hole instead of a handle, adjustable glass shelves. Each pair of glasses gets about 8 cm. 
2. Production drawing31 March 2025The sketch became made-to-measure modules: two wall sections on both sides of the column. We worked out the glass doors, the hinges and the shelf spacing to the millimetre. 
3. Finished wallIn the showroomThe display cases built in our workshop, in the showroom. Modules and lights went in as drawn.
Seven decisions that make the display case work
The details of an eyewear display case decide what the customer sees. These are our choices, and why:
- 1
Black outside, white inside
Neutral black and white never compete with the brand's colours: the contrast draws the eye to the coloured lenses and frames.
- 2
Modules fitted to the wall and the column
Two wall sections on both sides of a column, plus a separate unit. The cases fit the space, not the other way round.
- 3
Extra-clear, tempered glass doors
5 mm tempered, extra-clear glass shows the precise frames and premium lenses without distortion.
- 4
A finger hole instead of a handle
A 3 cm hole drilled into the door glass opens the door. No hardware hides the products.
- 5
Bonded overlay hinges
The hinges are bonded to the glass. No drilling and no frame on the glass, so the door stays discreet.
- 6
A glass shelf every 8 cm
One row of glasses per shelf. The 4 mm tempered glass shelves are adjustable, so they follow the collection.
- 7
Routed, dimmable LED
LED strips routed vertically into the carcass give neutral white light. The brightness is adjustable.
Details from the production drawing
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Star podiums for the featured products
The newest top models deserve a stage of their own. Two star podiums were made for them: 135.5 cm tall, with a matt black body, a tempered glass hood and lighting inside. The cable runs under the feet. Weights fit into the open base, so the podium stands firm.
Mobile displays for events
Mobile displays were also made for presentations outside the shop. They travel often. So we designed the edge banding and the 45-degree mitred panel edges to take knocks and scratches better.
Materials and sizes
| Display case | 104 cm high, 22.5 cm deep |
|---|---|
| Wall sections | 127 cm and 219 cm on both sides of a column; separate unit 84.5 cm |
| Carcass | 18 mm matt laminated board, snow-white inside |
| Glass doors | 10 pieces, 5 mm tempered extra-clear glass, bonded overlay hinges, 3 cm finger hole |
| Side glass | 5 mm tempered glass, flush white aluminium edging |
| Shelves | 55 tempered 4 mm glass shelves, 8 cm apart, adjustable |
| Lighting | Vertically routed COB LED, 4000 K, dimmable |
| Star podium | 2 pieces, 135.5 cm high, 39 × 41 cm matt black body, 4 mm tempered glass hood, lighting inside |
Recurring work
Rudy Project Hungary gave us several successive jobs. We delivered all three by 2026, and we look forward to working with them again.
- Job 1Sofa and table
- Job 2Eyewear display cases
- Job 3Star podiums
See it in person
See the display cases and the full range in the Rudy Project showroom. It is worth going in person: you can try on the glasses and helmets there. 1138 Budapest, Népfürdő u. 35.
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The showroom photos were taken by Rudy Project Hungary.