Every Phone Case Tells a Story
Not just protection — but a piece of art, and a piece of you.
In a world of cookie-cutter designs and mass-produced patterns, OWAYKI chooses to return to the source —
to bring the raw, emotional power of art back into your hands.
Our Picasso-style phone case series isn’t just about looking different. It’s about telling stories.
Stories of love, chaos, courage, and imperfection.
The Inspiration: A Woman and a Turbulent Era
It was 1937. War was brewing across Europe, and the art world was heavy with tension, rebellion, and uncertainty.
In a small Paris studio, Picasso turned his gaze to Dora Maar — a sharp, brilliant photographer who was not only his lover and muse, but also a mirror of his emotional unrest. Dora wasn’t just a woman. She was a reflection of Picasso’s own turmoil, contradictions, and intensity.
Their relationship wasn’t soft. It was love, but it was struggle. It was passion, but also destruction. Dora once said:
“Picasso was my sun, but he also burned me.”
And Portrait of Dora Maar was born from this emotional push and pull.
This wasn’t a traditional portrait. It was a psychological dissection. Dora’s face was pulled apart into bold blocks of colour and line — asymmetrical, fractured, raw. Her gaze was misaligned, her features deconstructed. It wasn’t beautiful. It was disturbed. Gripping. Still. Exploding and silent at once.
At a time when the world was spiralling out of control, this piece became both a personal and collective outcry — one of Picasso’s most emotionally intense works.
We didn’t copy it. We translated its energy into design.
This phone case doesn’t mimic. It remembers. It carries that same spirit — the courage to be real, to embrace complexity, to live with imperfection.
Every line is a trace of tension. Every shape holds something unspoken.
What you’re holding is not just a case. It’s a compressed portrait of emotion — a soul, in your pocket.
Why turn a painting into a phone case?
Because you’re not just carrying a phone — you’re carrying something personal
This case is a private art gallery. A reminder of what can’t be said, but can be shown.
Because complexity deserves its own skin
It’s not perfect. Neither are we. It’s abstract, layered, and a little bit fractured — just like life.
Because we’re not selling style — we’re sharing attitude.
Each design comes with an origin, a story, and a little rebellion. No shortcuts. No templates.
Built for life in Aotearoa: lightweight, durable, but with soul.
Take it with you on the ferry in Auckland, to the gallery in Wellington, or to a lakeside camp in Queenstown — it’ll go wherever your story does.
OWAYKI: Art you can hold
At OWAYKI, we don’t see a phone case as an accessory — we see it as a small emotional archive.
Each one connects to a real painting, a real moment in history, or a feeling we’ve all had but couldn’t name.
You don’t need a fine arts degree to carry it. Just a desire to express something true.
This one? It comes from a time when the world was breaking — and from a woman who was piecing herself back together.
Limited Edition — Made for Those Who Feel It
We don’t mass-produce stories.
Each Picasso-style case is printed in limited runs. No restocks.
Because some stories are meant to be told once.
