Otowav was created in order to provide a unique creation to someone special and offer the possibility to express feelings for which words alone would not suffice. Deriving from the Japanese word for soundwave, oto, Otowav represents the place, where feelings, a voice, and words meet in three dimensions. As the age-old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But words can also paint pictures. Every time one speaks, their voices produce waves called soundforms. Otowav translates one's feelings into three dimensions, creating a unique design based on the sound of their voice.

Many of the spaces that we live in and the objects that surround us, are not designed in a way to intrigue our emotions. Our vision is to design objects and spaces with the notion that they will make our everyday life more functional and fun. This approach has guided the design services that our practice has offered since its founding in 1994. Together with an extensive network of partners we have provided simple and functional solutions to clients who either manufacture consumer and industrial products or are in need of exhibition or interior design.

As the age old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But our words can also paint pictures. Every time we speak our voices produce waves called soundforms. They are nature’s way of making our voice visible. Otowav was created as a platform which can translate everyones feelings into 3D, creating a unique design based on the sound of their voice. Their personalized audio message lives through the design and one can have a real time playback on their mobile device via NFC technology.