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Build a collection from a mood board

A brief, a budget, a board. Curate real products or invent concepts, price them, share one link.

Poly9 AISeptember 7, 20266 min read
Build a collection from a mood board

Two ways to build

A collection is a conversation that ends in a link. Your AI can curate real products from your catalog, gated by price band and category mix, or it can invent concepts, rendered in your materials and priced from the nearest recipe. Most schemes use both.

Start from the board

  1. Open Collections, choose New, and drop the mood board images or paste the brief.
  2. Give it the frame: “a 40-seat boutique hotel lobby, warm tones, under $40K.”
  3. Your AI picks pieces that fit, explains why each fits, and keeps the total under the ceiling. Every piece carries its price from your rules.

Edit like a designer

  • “Swap the bench for something in walnut” re-curates one slot and keeps the budget.
  • “Add a floor lamp under $600” searches the catalog and adds it priced.
  • “Design a lower-profile version of the 3941 in oak” adds a concept, rendered from the real chair and labeled as a render.

Add to any collection from a product page, a quote or the storefront. The collection is the same object everywhere.

Cover, link, present

  1. Ask for a cover. Your AI writes the title and renders the cover from the pieces.
  2. Choose what the buyer sees: prices on or off, presentation mode or list.
  3. Share the link. It never expires. The buyer opens it on their phone, browses, approves pieces or requests a quote, and every open is recorded.

Need a second version for the client without prices? Ask, and it mints a second link.

What it costs

Curating real products costs only the turn. Each invented concept and each cover is one credit, so a 40-product concept collection with a cover is 41 credits, about four dollars. Sharing, opening and approving cost nothing.

Next: publish your storefront, so buyers can build their own.

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