The phrase "around the shape of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that is positioned or arranged in relation to a specific shape.
Example: "The garden was designed around the shape of a large oval, creating a unique and inviting space."
Alternatives: "in the form of" or "shaped like".
"It's great the way the iPad was designed around the shape of our magazine," Titmuss says wryly.
By the various industries (advertising agencies, polling firms, focus group organizers) that have grown up around the shape of the electoral map.
Soon after that collective fanfare had passed, the band moved on to a sinuous groove in 5/4 meter, and Mr. Malaby took an impassioned soprano-saxophone solo, building his argument around the shape of the melody.
The sense of aloneness is clear in the way the world of the poem coalesces tenderly around the shape of the missing child, reconfiguring her absence as a sharply felt presence: "I gave the empty seat a push / and nothing made a sound / and swung between two skies to brush / her feet upon the ground".
Special effects technician Mat Beck was able to digitally bend the oil effect around the shape of the actors' eyes.
"You can't just project anything, you have to build your design around the shape of the individual's body.
For larger wavelengths (around 700 nm), the shape of the reflectance spectrum is quite similar to that of crystalline Si.
The debris of battle is all around in the shape of wrecked buildings, burnt orchards, a smashed mosque with its minaret lying on the ground and a burnt-out tank.
An international team led by Claire Gmachl of Bell Labs thought that fiddling around with the shape of the microdisk might help.
Nestle has also played around with the shape of chocolate and found that, too, can affect its flavour.
I pause to look around at the shapes of the stone bricks in the wall, the uneven steps leading to the tower, and the salmon-colored rooftops popping against green hills.
