Man x Machine x Material: An exploration with AI in design & material choice
Jarrod Lim and The American Hardwood Export Council presented their latest collaboration, Man x Machine x Material at the Interzum SEA showcase at Iffina Indonesia Meubel & Design Expo in last September 2024. Generative AI is a tool that will transform our lives, machines can process and transmit huge volumes of information at a speed far beyond the capabilities of humans. But artificial intelligence remains very different from human intelligence. A computer cannot access context, it does not have an evolved understanding of the human condition and our emotional response to our environment and the materials within that environment. It does not sense nor care what we feel. Lim experimented with human-computer interaction in his creation of Airstream table and Diffuse stools in American red oak. He collaborated with ChatGPT to explore the benefits and limitations of AI for a designer who works with a material so emotionally engaging as American red oak. The App...