Editing Blobject (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the term is disputed, but it is often attributed to either the designer-author [[Steven Skov Holt]]<ref name="Skov">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/sholt |title=CA College of the Arts Bio on Steven Skov Holt |access-date=2009-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518130719/http://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/sholt |archive-date=2009-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> or the designer [[Karim Rashid]].

Holt has defined a blobject as a colorful, [[mass-produced]], plastic-based, emotionally-engaging [[consumer product]] with a [[Curvilinear coordinates|curvilinear]], flowing shape. This fluid and curvaceous form is the blobject's most distinctive feature.

Rashid, the contemporary designer who wrote the book ''I Want to Change the World'', was an early leader in creating blobjects and has become one of the most celebrated designers of his generation.