These days, AI is both celebrated and feared in equal measure—both for its ability to perform the (humanly) impossible—and to take over all that IS (humanly) possible like designing a kitchen interior. Generative AI can design rooms, taking a few written cues and turning them into fully-realized spaces. But is that a good thing? A visit to the websites pikwizard.com and freepik.com yielded mixed results. The designs are certainly getting better—and it’s an easy way to get ideas and to try out different styles. AI, of course, can’t (yet) tell you whether the duel-fuel range is going to need new wiring or supervised installation—so don’t go replacing your human designer just yet!
Letting AI Design Kitchen Interiors
Design from Pikwizard AI
This “retro” kitchen looks like a close-up of a Barbie Dream House, if Barbie were slightly depressive. Not sure which time period this harkens back to, or who designed it, but I hope we’ve moved forward as a species.
Design from Freepik AI
This open, airy barn-like kitchen is quite appealing—the building perhaps more than the kitchen itself. Everything is pretty much by the book here (apron sink! farm table!) but it’s definitely a balanced and very pleasant place in which to cook and hang out.
Design from Vecstock on Freepik
This swanky pad is surprisingly sophisticated, with a winning combination of textures and colors —and a nice use of different woods. (It looks fully functional yet barely registers as a kitchen.) There is perhaps one too many “zones”, but with this amount of space I guess you need lots of options.
AI Generated by Buzzfeed
And, just for fun, this BuzzFeed article by staff writer Molly Capobianco imagines 30 kitchens created by leading fashion designers. Most of them (well, all of them) are OTT (that’s over the top if you’re wondering), but I could almost see myself living in this one inspired by Missoni.
Story by Stephen Treffinger
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