AI Tools / Scientific Illustration

AI scientific figures, from first draft to editing, reuse, and export

KIMEO lets researchers start with text, sketches, or reference examples, generate a first draft, separate text and graphics, refine the canvas, reuse assets, and export raster or vector files.

KIMEO workspace with AI chat and an editable scientific figure canvas

Industry: AI Tools · Research
Platforms: Web Workspace
Services: Product & System DesignInterface & Icon DesignWeb Development

Project Overview

Scientific figures need more than a first draft

AI can produce a first draft, but researchers still need to adjust individual parts, reuse existing elements, and move the finished file into papers, presentations, and further layout work. KIMEO organizes input, generation, separation, editing, asset management, and export around that complete task.

Yander handled product and system design, interface visuals and icons, feature development, testing, launch, and ongoing maintenance for the web app. The client supplied the trademark assets and project-specific copy.

Input: 4 ways to start
Editing: Separate text & graphics
Assets: Cloud storage & reuse
Export: Raster + vector

Project Story

Nine pages following one complete drawing task

Follow the product decisions behind the input modes, editable elements, asset reuse, and export workflow. Product screenshots retain their original Chinese UI.

KIMEO AI project cover with the scientific illustration workspace and design-to-build headline — 01 · Scientific figures, from design to build

KIMEO project context: researchers need to edit, reuse, and export after AI creates a first draft — 02 · Beyond generation

Six-step KIMEO workflow from research input through AI generation, element separation, canvas refinement, asset reuse, and export — 03 · One complete task

KIMEO free mode, text-to-image, sketch-to-image, and example-to-image input modes — 04 · Four ways to start

KIMEO separates text and graphics into editable elements so users can change one part of a figure — 05 · Editable text and graphics

KIMEO cloud library saves scientific elements for reuse across projects and canvases — 06 · Reuse saved assets

KIMEO editing and translation workflow with PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS, PDF, and DXF export formats — 07 · Edit, translate, and export

Yander project scope for KIMEO covering product and system design, visuals and icons, development, testing, launch, and maintenance — 08 · Project delivery

KIMEO project takeaway asking whether users can adjust results, understand the next step, and fit the tool into their existing workflow — 09 · From AI capability to a usable product

The Challenge

Researchers still need to work after generation

Users arrive with different materials and may not know how to write prompts. If a result needs full regeneration for every change, or cannot be reused and exported, the task breaks down during editing and layout.

The Solution

Start with existing materials and connect the next steps

Free mode, text-to-image, sketch-to-image, and example-to-image offer four starting points. First drafts move into element separation and canvas editing, reusable elements go into the cloud library, and finished figures leave in formats suited to further work.

Product Capabilities

Tools arranged around input, revision, reuse, and delivery

Four practical starting points

Start freely or use research text, a sketch, or a reference example, depending on the material already at hand.

Editable first drafts

Separate text and graphics, then refine individual elements on the canvas while keeping the rest of the figure.

Reusable scientific assets

Save frequently used elements in a cloud asset library and combine them again in new projects and canvases.

Back into the research workflow

Edit and translate, then export PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS, PDF, or DXF for papers, presentations, and further layout work.

Product Outcome

An AI figure tool that carries the whole task through

KIMEO brings AI first drafts, an editable canvas, asset management, and file export into one continuous path, so users can keep working on generated results until they have a file ready for the next step.

4 starting points
Free mode, text, sketches, and examples: Editable elements
Adjust text and graphics separately: 6 export formats
PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS, PDF, DXF

Project record

Original product work designed and developed by Yander

This case documents the product scope, interface design, and engineering work Yander delivered for the client using project screens, recordings, and delivery materials.

Portfolio record: Original design and development work delivered by Yander
Live product: No public product URL available
Project date: Not publicly disclosed
Production stack: Only technologies named in this case are published; the complete stack is not disclosed
Client-approved testimonial: Not publicly disclosed
Measured before/after results: Not publicly disclosed

Case FAQ

What is KIMEO AI designed for?

KIMEO is a scientific illustration tool. Researchers can generate a first draft from text, a sketch, or a reference example, then separate elements, edit, manage assets, and export files.

Can users edit a generated figure?

Yes. The product separates text and graphics into editable elements, so users can adjust individual parts on the canvas without regenerating the entire image each time.

Which file formats can it export?

KIMEO supports raster and vector formats including PNG, JPG, SVG, EPS, PDF, and DXF for papers, presentations, and further editing.

What did Yander deliver for this project?

Yander handled product and system design, interface visuals and icons, feature development, testing, launch, and maintenance for the KIMEO web app. The client supplied the trademarks and project-specific copy.

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