List of official designs

Each game in the has several designs that have been created by Nintendo. These can be found as the default selection of player-held designs, and a distinct selection are displayed in Able Sisters. Some designs are shown in strategy guides for, and certain Animal Crossing-e cards can be scanned with an e-Reader to receive exclusive designs. In, several unique designs were distributed as DLC and were received from Wendell. In, many officially-created designs were made available through QR codes on the official website, and others could be directly retrieved from Wendell in Nintendo's official dream towns. In some designs have been made available from the official Nintendo design address on the Custom Design portal.

e-Reader designs
These designs are available as part of the Animal Crossing-e series. Scanning a design card will show the corresponding design on the Game Boy Advance alongside Sable's comment. If the game is linked to the e-Reader, the design will be added to the game.

Nintendo Player's Guide designs
10 designs are provided in the official Player's Guide. The designs must be manually recreated with the in-game design maker.

The Crossing Guardian designs
Several designs were provided in Nintendo Power's recurring The Crossing Guardian feature. The designs must be manually recreated with the in-game design maker.

Nintendo Player's Guide designs
18 designs are provided in the official Player's Guide. The designs must be manually recreated with the in-game design maker.

Wendell's designs
These designs can only be obtained from Wendell, when he visits the player's town. Trading him a specific food item will result in him giving the player a particular design.

Distributed designs
A total of ten designs are known to have been distributed to players of. All designs were available from Wendell, who appeared outside the player's house if they had WiiConnect24 activated during the distribution period.

Nintendo designs
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Sable's designs
After befriending Sable in, she will give the player several different categories of fabrics (or patterns) that can be used when customizing furniture. These categories of patterns can be accessed from a workbench when customizing furniture items that have fabrics. With the Ver. 2.0 update, these patterns can be worn as clothing or applied to walls and floors inside the player's house, similar to how regular designs can be used. Additionally, includes one category of patterns that can only be used after purchasing the DLC: Variety.

List of furniture item that can use Sable's designs
Bold italics indicate a part of the furniture that can be customized by the player.

Halloween facepaints
Halloween facepaints are used by villagers when the player selects the option which means they give no candy to the aforementioned villager.