Tobias Ottomar

MantarayA boat that flies over the water. A brand that moves with it.

Mantaray builds hydrofoil boats around DWT, a fully mechanical, self-stabilising foiling system that is patented on key markets. The boat rises up and flies above the surface. The feeling is calm, not aggressive, more in tune with the sea than pushing through it. That feeling became the spine of the identity: by the rules of the ocean. Not a tagline bolted on afterwards, but the thing the whole brand had to feel like.

We took total ownership and worked every channel. Identity, tone, web, and UX/UI, all carrying one idea.

We also designed the boat's own screen interface, a part of boating that still lags behind the rest of the craft. I made it as simple and logical as possible, without losing the visual care the rest of the boat has. The brand, all the way to the moment of use.

The identity carried Mantaray through two closed investment rounds and its expansion into a system developer for commercial, defence, and OEM partners. DWT was chosen by the Swedish Sea Rescue Society for an emission-free rescue vessel, and the boat was nominated for Foiling Motor Boat of the Year at Foiling Week in Genoa.

Title
Creative Director
My role
Identity, web design, product design
Agency
Sunny at Sea
The boat at speed at dusk
Studio render of the boat from the side
Close up of the foil and propeller
The letter a drawn in outline and filled in yellow
The Mantaray wordmark on olive
The mark faint on light grey
The boat foiling at sunset
The boat cruising with two people aboard
Studio render from the rear quarter
The hull from below on black, both foils extended
Close up of the drive unit on yellow
The boat in dark water beside a rock, seen from above
Olive panel with a thin route line

We use a playful line to symbolise Mantaray's pure driving joy and to break up the otherwise simple and quite strict nordic feel design system.

Dark screen with a yellow accent
The helm at dusk, the chart screen reading 28.0 knots beside the Mantaray wordmark
Panel explaining Dynamic Wing Technology and zero emissions
Chart view with the speed and weather panel
Chart view with the speed panel
Grey merchandise bag