blobshaped

Blobshaped is an adjective used to describe objects, forms, or outlines that are soft, rounded, and irregular, lacking sharp corners or straight edges. A blobshaped object typically presents an amorphous silhouette whose contour resembles a blob or mass with uneven bulges.

Origins and usage: The term derives from blob, a colloquial word for an indistinct lump, combined with shaped or the compound blobshaped. It is more commonly written as blob-shaped, but blobshaped appears in some texts and product descriptions. The term is descriptive rather than technical and is used across disciplines to convey a preference for organic, non-geometric forms.

Contexts: In design and architecture, blobshaped forms are associated with organic architecture and blobitecture, which emphasizes fluid, rounded volumes in buildings and objects. In biology, cells, colonies, or tissues with non-uniform, rounded margins may be described as blobshaped, especially in informal notes. In computer graphics and 3D modeling, blobs and metaballs can produce blobshaped models; in product design, devices with soft, continuous curves are sometimes described as blobshaped.

See also: blob, blobitecture, amorphous shape, organic design.