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format in seconds, cutting out the repetitive tasks. And you don’t need to go out and buy a £4,000 laptop to run it – it’s as simple as an app on your smart phone.’


Te rapid launch of so many AI tools can be confusing, but perhaps the most useful are systems that can turn textual prompts into images – including Dall.E2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and the latest release, LookX, which targets architects, promising to turn rough concept sketches into realistic renderings,


plans and sections. John Williams, director and founder at interior design consultancy SpaceInvader, is already finding this useful: ‘We use AI to generate imagery during concept stages. If there’s an image we can’t find to capture a specific concept then we create one. For example, on a hotel project in Düsseldorf, we developed a concept around the feeling of intrigue and discovery when opening a jewellery box and used AI to generate an image.’ (If you doubt the potential,


scribble an idea and drop it into free program www.promeai.com to get a taste.) Nigel Tresise, director of Align Design and Architecture, agrees: ‘We’re mainly using AI in the “discovery phase” of projects to aid the creation of reference imagery. In the past, this would be real grunt work. We normally research huge numbers of reference images to aid client decisions and preferences during the earliest stages. Now we can create generative design images that


This page Space10 worked with Panter & Tourron on an AI-assisted exploration of whether it was possible to create a fold-up couch weighing less than 10kg. AI’s limitations became evident as any mention of ‘couch’ in the prompts created heavy, old-fashioned ideas. However, when words and phrases such as ‘platform’, ‘lightweight’ and ‘easy to move’ were used instead, Couch in an Envelope began to take shape. Eventually, the designers ended up using a new AI feature launched during the project that allowed them to train their own custom model using their renders as the dataset. The AI would then generate variations on these images, the designers would iterate on top of that, and a collaborative cycle was created


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