The AI workspace for your design files

Design work produces far more than the final deliverable. For every shipped design, there are dozens of exported assets, reference screenshots, mockup iterations, brand guidelines as PDFs, presentation decks of design options, client briefs, annotated wireframes, and the moodboard that set the direction. The actual design lives in Figma or Sketch or Photoshop. Everything around it, the references, the exports, the feedback, the assets, scatters across Google Drive, Dropbox, email, and desktop folders with names that made sense at the time. Two months later, you need the icon set from the last project, or the mockup you presented to the client in round two, and finding it means opening folders until you recognise something.

Fabric gives design files a home where every asset, mockup, reference, and export is searchable by visual similarity, colour, and meaning, with a canvas for spatial thinking and tracked sharing for client presentations.

Search design files by what they look like

Design assets don't respond to text search. You're looking for "the dark-mode version of the dashboard mockup" or "the icon set with the rounded corners" or "something with a similar colour palette to what we used for the fintech client." No filename captures that. No tag you remembered to add will be specific enough.

Fabric's AI search finds design files by visual similarity, colour, and meaning. Describe what you're looking for in words and find it across your library. Search by colour to pull every asset in a specific palette. Drop in a reference and similar search finds everything visually related, across every project you've ever worked on.

The explorer surfaces visual relationships across your design library, grouping assets by similarity and colour. Browse spatially and discover work from past projects alongside current material.

This means your history of design work becomes a searchable resource. The mockup from two years ago surfaces when it's relevant to the project you're starting today. The icon set from a previous brand system is findable by what it looks like, not by which client folder it's in.

An infinite canvas for design thinking

Design thinking is spatial. Moodboards, layout explorations, concept mapping, competitive audits, client presentations, all benefit from a surface where you can arrange things side by side and see relationships.

The canvas is an infinite workspace where you can arrange design assets, reference images, notes, and files from your library. Build moodboards by dragging references from your collection. Lay out design options for a client presentation. Map a competitive audit with screenshots and annotations. Plan a design system visually.

The canvas supports live embeds from Figma and other services, so your design tool's output is viewable alongside references and notes on the same surface. Real-time collaboration means the design team can work on the same canvas simultaneously with multiplayer cursors, threaded comments, and @mentions.

Feedback pinned to the design, not described in email

Design review falls apart when the feedback is separated from the work. "Make the header bigger" in an email. "I preferred the second option" in a Slack message. "The colour feels off" on a call. None of it is attached to the design, so you spend time matching descriptions to elements.

Annotations let clients and teammates pin comments to exact spots on any design file, mockup, PDF, or image. "This spacing feels tight" is attached to the specific gap. "Can we try a warmer tone here" is pinned to the element. The feedback is visual, specific, and attached to the work.

Combined with tasks and reminders, you track which feedback has been addressed and which rounds are still outstanding. For formal review cycles, see review and approval.

Share designs with tracking and protection

Sharing design work with clients, stakeholders, and partners is constant. Publish any design file, collection, or canvas moodboard as a shareable link with password protection and link analytics. See when the client has viewed the designs, how long they spent, and which options they looked at.

Create individually named tracking links per stakeholder, so you know that the creative director reviewed the options but the brand manager hasn't looked yet. Update the files in Fabric and the link serves the current versions without re-sending.

Organised by content, not by folder discipline

Design asset libraries become unmanageable because designers are too busy designing to file things properly. Exports land in download folders. Screenshots accumulate on desktops. References scatter.

Smart organization automatically tags and categorises design files based on their visual content and characteristics as you add them. Colour recognition groups assets by palette. Content analysis clusters mockups, icons, photography, and typography. The filing happens without the filing.

The AI assistant works from your design library. Ask it to find every asset matching a brand colour, pull together all mockups from a specific project, or locate design files that share a visual style. It understands visual content, not just filenames.

Who uses Fabric for design files

Design files are central to visual and creative work. Designers manage assets, mockups, and references for design projects and build moodboards. Creative teams and agencies manage brand assets and campaign materials across clients. Architecture studios maintain libraries of drawings, renders, and references. Video editors collect visual references and stills. Freelancers manage project assets and client deliverables. Teams managing shared brand libraries use the digital asset management workflow.

For spatial ideation beyond design files, see brainstorming and ideation. For per-client project management, see client work and deliverables.

Get started

Give your design files a workspace where everything is findable by what it looks like, not what it's named. Try Fabric free.

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FAQs

Can I search design files by visual similarity?

Yes. Similar search finds visually related files across your library. Drop in any image or asset and find everything with a similar look, colour, or composition.

Can I search by colour?

Yes. Search a specific colour or palette and AI search finds every asset that matches. Useful for pulling on-brand assets or finding designs in a specific colour family.

Can I build moodboards in Fabric?

Yes. The canvas is an infinite spatial surface for arranging design assets, references, and notes. Drag material from your library and arrange it visually.

Does the canvas support Figma embeds?

Yes. The canvas supports live embeds from Figma, so your design tool's output is viewable alongside references, notes, and other assets on the same surface.

Can clients annotate on my designs?

Yes. Annotations let clients pin feedback to exact spots on any design file, mockup, or PDF. Comments are specific, visual, and attached to the work.

Can I share designs with tracking?

Yes. Publish with password protection and link analytics. See when clients view your designs, how long they spend, and create named tracking links per stakeholder.

Are design files automatically organised?

Yes. Smart organization tags and categorises files by visual content and colour. Mockups, icons, photography, and typography cluster without manual filing.

Can I find assets from past projects?

Yes. Search across your entire library by visual similarity, colour, or description. Assets from projects years ago are as findable as current work.

Can the team collaborate on the canvas?

Yes. Real-time collaboration supports multiplayer cursors, threaded comments, and @mentions. The design team can build moodboards and review work together.

What file types are supported?

Images (JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG), PDFs, documents, slide decks, and exports from design tools. All are searchable by visual content, colour, and similarity.

Can I import from Google Drive or Dropbox?

Yes. Fabric connects to Google Drive and Dropbox. Bring in existing asset libraries and project folders.

Are my design files private?

Yes. Your content is encrypted and only visible to you unless you choose to share it. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant.

How is this different from using Dropbox or Google Drive for design assets?

File storage organises by name and folder. Fabric adds visual similarity search, colour search, meaning-based search, annotations pinned to specific spots, an infinite canvas with live Figma embeds, automatic visual organisation, and tracked sharing with analytics. The difference is between storing design files and working with a searchable, visual design library.