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Block to Blob

A complete brand identity system for a climate-tech startup.

Block to Blob

Overview

This project involved designing a complete brand identity system for a climate-tech startup. The work explored how synthetic materials carry narratives of convenience and disposability, and whether those narratives can be rewritten through form. This project involved designing a complete brand identity system for a climate-tech startup. The work explored how synthetic materials carry narratives of convenience and disposability, and whether those narratives can be rewritten through form.This project involved designing a complete brand identity system for a climate-tech startup. The work explored how synthetic materials carry narratives of convenience and disposability, and whether those narratives can be rewritten through form.

Process

Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language. Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language. Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language. Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language.

Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language. Early sketches focused on surface and texture — the way polystyrene catches light differently from stone, and how the two materials can be made to speak the same visual language.

3D scan detail
3D scan of the well head, used as a reference for the surface texture studies.

Working through several material iterations revealed that the transformation from a rigid block to an amorphous blob is not just formal — it is also a shift in perceived value and permanence.

Process detail A Process detail B
Left: initial casting tests. Right: final surface resolution.

Result

The finished objects occupy an ambiguous space between geological specimen and synthetic artefact. Viewers consistently struggle to identify the material, which was the intended effect.

Final result
Final series, 2025.

“The material resists easy categorisation — it looks ancient and industrial at the same time.”