It was serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon from April 2015 to March 2019, with its chapters collected in five tankōbon volumes.

The series revolved around genetically engineered humanized animals.

[3][4] Kodansha collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from February 23, 2016,[5] to November 22, 2019.

[10] Designs was nominated for the Yomiuri Shimbun's Sugoi Japan Award 2017.

[11] The series ranked eighteenth on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi!