Blobby design shapes in art and architecture.

‘Blobby’ design and where it lives

Discovering the amorphic shapes that rule the design world

Blobby design is all around us. Although we are trained to see the world mathematically in grids dominated by horizontal and vertical lines, there is a profusion of curvy, non-angular structures all around us.

In fact, the idea of a blob, an organic shape, is a natural design closer to our own human anatomy.

A blob can look like this

A blob shape is a curvilinear, organic shape that can be very simple or have complex folds.

A blob is an amoeba-shaped form. It can have the shape of an egg or the many undulations of a liquid splash.

From egg shape to drop splash shape, these are all blob shapes.

One of the most famous blob shape in toy design might just be the following:

The ubiquitous rubber duck shape is perhaps the most recognizable around the world (other than the egg).

Blobs in architecture