Design Sparks: AI-Powered Design Idea Generator

Design Sparks is an AI-driven web application designed to boost creativity and productivity for designers and stakeholders. Developed by the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI (CebAI), this tool leverages established creative problem-solving techniques combined with AI to generate innovative design ideas.

Features

• Idea Input: Input design problems or ideas via text, links, or PDF uploads.
• AI-Powered Spark Generation: The AI generates "sparks"—design ideas—which users can save and review.
• Focused Idea Generation: Refine idea generation by selecting extracted topics, requesting more ideas based on existing sparks, or adjusting settings to explore rare, common, or random themes.
• Circular Design Focus: A dedicated feature, developed with experts from the Design Council and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, helps generate ideas for sustainable, circular designs focusing on waste reduction, durability, reusability, repairability, and recyclability. This feature is easily accessible via theme settings.
• Customizable Creative Techniques: Choose from various creative problem-solving techniques to tailor the AI's output.

Benefits

• Enhanced Creativity: Overcome creative blocks and explore new perspectives.
• Improved Productivity: Generate a large number of design ideas quickly and efficiently.
• Increased Competitiveness: Develop innovative and sustainable designs.
• Better Critical Thinking: Analyze diverse themes and strengthen design decision-making.

Use Cases

Design Sparks is ideal for service, product, UX/UI designers, and stakeholders seeking to:

• Brainstorm new ideas.
• Explore innovative solutions to design challenges.
• Develop sustainable and circular designs.
• Improve team collaboration and idea sharing.

Design Sparks, funded by Research England and various partners, offers a powerful and versatile tool for enhancing the design process.