Data mining interior design

Google design guru Ivy Ross is leading experiments in flexible home interiors. These include robotic furnishings that hide away or transform, and room dividers that can rapidly split up or open up space on demand. “I don’t think we’re going back to small rooms", she says, "but I think we’ll be clever about how objects can serve these purposes when we need it.” Ross's concept piece for the 2019 Milan Furniture Fair, A Space for Being, used neurosensors to measure people's unconscious impressions of three different living spaces. "The idea was not to champion one design above the others but to hopefully teach visitors more about their own selves and how their physiology responded to the colors, textures, and shapes around them." This points towards expanded use of AI to both design and control responsive interiors.