Otowav Schmuck by Vassilis Mylonadis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Bronze in Schmuckdesign Competition Category.

BronzeSchmuck· 2023

Otowav Schmuck

by Vassilis Mylonadis

Client: Otowav

A' Design Award in Bronze Winner in Schmuck Category

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The Design

About Otowav Schmuck

Otowav wurde geschaffen, um einer besonderen Person eine einzigartige Kreation zu bieten und die Möglichkeit zu bieten, Gefühle auszudrücken, für die Worte allein nicht ausreichen würden. Abgeleitet vom japanischen Wort für Schallwelle, oto, steht Otowav für den Ort, an dem Gefühle, eine Stimme und Worte in drei Dimensionen zusammentreffen. Ein uraltes Sprichwort sagt: Ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte. Aber auch Worte können Bilder malen. Jedes Mal, wenn jemand spricht, erzeugen ihre Stimmen Wellen, sogenannte Klangformen. Otowav übersetzt die Gefühle eines Menschen in drei Dimensionen und kreiert ein einzigartiges Design, das auf dem Klang seiner Stimme basiert.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Bronze

Otowav Schmuck ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Bronze, einer hochprestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für herausragende Designs, die sich durch Kreativität, Einfallsreichtum und Scharfsinn auszeichnen. Bronze-Gewinner sind reichlich geschickte und auffallend kreative Artefakte, die die große Erfahrung, Fantasie und Findigkeit ihrer Designer belegen. Von Otowav Schmuck wird erwartet, dass es ein hochgeschätztes, bewundertes und geliebtes Objekt ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Bronze prämierte Design verkörpert bewährte Verfahren in Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie und ist hervorragend in seiner Liebe zum Detail. Otowav Schmuck befriedigt Bedürfnisse auf großartige Weise, berührt Wünsche, bezaubert Gefühle und spricht die Neugier an.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Welcome to the most innovative personalised
gift platform. The jewelry speaks for itself. Create your own soundwave jewelry from the Otowav collection. Embed a personalised audio message inside your jewelry
gift for instant audio playback on your mobile device.
Dimensions & Packaging: Pendant: 50mmX10mmX4mm
Necklace: 30mmX15mmX4mm
Earrings: 35mmX8mmX4mm
Bracelet: 25mmX10mmX4mm
Cufflinks: 18mmX10mmX12mm
Keychain: 60mmX28mmX5mm
Packaging: 100mmX60mmX15mm
Tags: Sound, jewelry, gift, personal, soundwave
Production Technology: Each item of our designs is linked to a unique personalized message. It is then sculpted through our algorithm making each design unique. We felt that three dimensional printing was the production solution that could full fill our expectetions to deliver the most promising experience for the user.
Design Challenge: The transition process from a sounwave form to a three dimensional object was very demanding both design and production wise.
In terms of visualization the information given by the soundwave through the algorithm that was created, had to be broken down to a minimal form that could communicate the message visualy through an elegant contemporary design.
The customisation of each design resulted in a production process that included 3d printing and the NFC technology used for transferring the personal audio message that is embeded in each design.
Research: Our capacity of sharing memories differentiate us humans amongst other species. Within only one year we took 1,5 trillion photographs.
We decided though that we wanted to share memories through the original story teller, the human voice.
We started by developing an algorithm that converted soundwaves into 3d printed jewlery.
The platform gives the freedom to the user to add their personal touch while at the same time a personal audio message can be embeded inside.
The collection has been designed to serve as an ellegant template ready to be sculpted by the sound of your voice.
Inspiration: Our wish to express feelings to someone which words just could not do justice to has created otowav. Deriving from the Japanese word for soundwave, oto, otowav represents the place where feelings, a voice and words meet in three dimensions.
Every time we speak, our voices produce waves called soundforms. They are the way nature is making our voice visible.
Otowav translates your feelings into three dimensions, creating a unique design based on the sound of your voice.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2018 in Athens Greece and finished in March 2021.
Operation Flow: 1. Record or Upload your audio message via the online interface
2. Play back your audio message & proceed or record again
3. Create your personalised 3D Otowav soundwave through our online algorithm
4. Interact with your 3D Otowav soundwave in our 3D view port
5. Select your gift option & quantity to receive your price quote
6. Receive your Otowav in a beautiful customized packaging where a unique personalized audio message can be played back through NFC technology
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Spyros Anastassatos
Image #2: Photographer Spyros Anastassatos
Image #3: Photographer Spyros Anastassatos
Image #4: Photographer Spyros Anastassatos
Image #5: Photographer Spyros Anastassatos
Video Credits: Sting Studio