![]() Leading general contractors in Japan are beginning to use AI in varied ways. For example, digital services company Ricoh’s “AI at work” can be used in a variety of ways, including sorting customer feedback, which used to require large costs and sales support, where AI can search for materials and provide knowledge in sales. On the service-provider side, AI research is accelerating at IT giants such as Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon, and a wide variety of services have been announced by companies. The Japanese government has also announced its AI strategy, and agencies such as Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries have begun or are considering using AI to respond to inquiries and provide operational support. In Japan, large companies such as Panasonic and Daiwa Securities have begun offering interactive AI for their groups. With the significant improvement in AI accuracy, individuals, companies, and organizations are moving forward with AI adoption. ![]() AI is also advancing in image-generation technology, with a series of new products that create images, videos, 3D models, and more from the text you input. Though the mechanism has been around for some time, the fluent and natural responses of generative AI can learn data patterns and relationships to generate new content. Interactive AI chatbots like ChatGPT show the technology’s new applications-and shows the new precision of AI. As AI develops, it will become more useful in construction workflows-and will help builders use their collected data more effectively.ĪI is a hot topic, including conversations about AI chat services, 2D and 3D image generation from text, and even AI architectural design.Several leading Japanese construction companies are developing AI that aids design, modeling, and collaboration.Interactive chatbots like ChatGPT have mainstreamed AI technology, and construction companies are getting on board.ĭesign House Stockholm's products are also on sale at prominent design stores such as Museum of Modern Art in New York and Conran Shop in London and Paris.Obayashi Corporation’s AiCorb AI tool can generate building facades from sketches. ![]() Retail shops ĭesign House Stockholm currently has eight concept shops within retail stores: Nordiska Kompaniet in Stockholm and Gothenburg Selfridges, Oxford Street in London, Frankfurt, Jönköping, and Båstad Zinc Details in San Francisco and Urban Home in Bangkok. The collection was designed by Catharina Kippel and launched in collaboration with Bonnier Group. In 2013, Design House Stockholm launched a collection for the kitchen based on Elsa Beskow’s illustrations. The company also has distinguished itself by often choosing young, promising designers in addition to more established names, such as Family Chairs by Lina Nordqvist, "Toupie" salt & pepper shakers by Jessika Källeskog and not least "Block Lamp" by Harri Koskinen. Over 60 independent designers are represented in the company’s collection including internationally known names such as Claesson Koivisto Rune, Form Us With Love, Harri Koskinen and Timo Sarpaneva. The company has been represented in MoMA’s permanent collection by Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp since 2000. This is not a political statement it is a philosophy. Färdig also points out that: "We are a product dropper, not a name-dropper". The company’s CEO Anders Färdig says Design House Stockholm’s ambition is to be a mirror of notable Scandinavian design today the term ‘Scandinavian’ referring to a philosophic and aesthetic perspective, rather than geography and nationality. The company lets designers present their personal ideas, of which some are selected for production. ĭesign House Stockholm has distinguished itself as a publisher of design, similar to the way publishing houses work with authors, rather than an average producer that selects a designer to design a specific product. In 1997 the Design House Stockholm product collection was launched, starting with Harri Koskinen's Block Lamp that immediately became a worldwide success Harri Koskinen’s Block Lamp designed in 1996 - which still remains among Design House Stockholm's best-selling products, and have won several awards. Using his vast knowledge in design management from prior experience managing Boda Nova and Höganäs, Färdig created a network of independent designers that remains the platform from which Design House Stockholm operates today. History ĭesign House Stockholm was founded in 1992 by Anders Färdig, who had previously owned the brands Höganäs and Boda Nova. Design House Stockholm is a design production and retail company, self described as a 'publisher of design,' for Scandinavian design, including Scandinavian modern.
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