Josh LaCalamito

Catbird

Native software, designed and built in Swift.

Context
Independent project
My role
Design, visual identity & Swift development
Period
Ongoing
Disciplines
Native software / Visual identity
Catbird’s original dimensional bird mark on a pale blue background.
A simple geometric construction of a gray catbird using 3D forms, including half a sphere for the head, a cone shape for the beak, and a sphere for the eye.

About the project

Catbird brings together two parts of my practice: designing an interface and building the software behind it. It is an independent native software project, developed in Swift.

A character for the software

The bird mark starts with a few simple shapes: a rounded head, a circular eye, and a pointed beak. A dimensional finish gives that small set of forms a distinct character.

The light and dark versions keep the same silhouette. The identity shown here is original artwork from 2024.

The original Catbird bird mark against its dark blue background.
The dark version of the original mark, 2024.