INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Textile design repeat and swatch proof data for AI
A motif can look correct as a single tile while a seam becomes visible once it repeats.
NAICS 541490 · Other Specialized Design Services
A motif can look correct as a single tile while a seam becomes visible once it repeats. Census includes textile design in specialized design services. An original repeat proof can test visual inspection and the connection between a proof and the design version that produced it. U.S. Census 2022 NAICS manual · Copyright Office visual arts resources
Draw a simple repeating pattern. Export one intentionally misaligned proof and one corrected proof, then add a swatch whose revision card is missing. Ask the model to locate the seam and distinguish observed alignment from proven version identity. Save the designer’s region and revision annotations separately.
Use your own motifs and cleared printing materials. Leave client art, licensed artwork and manufacturing specifications out.
Describe an original textile design proof
Original Fiund exercise
A repeat seam and a missing revision link are separate findings
An original pattern of squares and dots has deliberately simplified proof annotations. These are fictional metadata records for a proposed visual task, not an actual image dataset or executed vision test.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| TX1 | Proof A annotation | Design D revision 1; two-by-two tile proof. Reviewer marks a horizontal motif offset of 2 practice pixels at the central vertical seam. |
| TX2 | Proof B annotation | Design D revision 2; same repeat layout. Reviewer reports aligned seam at the marked join; revision card links B to D-v2. |
| TX3 | Swatch C card | Reviewer sees an aligned join in this swatch. Revision field blank; no export-parent or print-job link to A or B. |
Question for the model
Which proof documents the intentionally misaligned seam, and does C's apparent alignment prove that it came from revision 2?
Show the reference answer and checks
TX1 identifies Proof A's central vertical seam as offset by two practice pixels. TX2 documents an aligned join and an explicit D-v2 link for B. TX3 supports only the reviewer's local alignment observation for C; no revision lineage ties it to B or D-v2. Keep observed appearance separate from proven design ancestry, and obtain the missing export or print-job record before assigning C a revision.
- Calling a visually similar swatch revision 2 without a production lineage record.
- Confusing the location of a vertical seam with the direction of the horizontal motif offset.
Fields to preserve
- Design, revision and export parent
- Connects proof to the authored tile.
- Seam region and offset direction
- Localizes the reviewer's finding.
- Swatch job and unresolved lineage
- Separates print identity from visible alignment.
Test another case
Add an aligned revision-1 reprint with a corrected printer setting. Require lineage-based revision identification despite its resemblance to revision 2.
Use independently drawn motifs, cleared printing materials and original annotations. Exclude client patterns and licensed art; supplying images would be a separate, rights-checked step.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.