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Space planning, mood, and 3D viz have collapsed to hours. The designer still has to know what a room should feel like. What AI touches Concept renderings — text-to-image from existing room photos.
Aria meets a residential client Monday morning. By Monday evening she has generated five whole-room directions from the kickoff photos and notes, each with a sourced FF&E list within budget. Tuesday the client reacts — hates three, loves one, is curious about another. Aria refines. By end of week the construction docs are out for trade pricing. The year used to start here.
| Task | Before AI (2020) | Now (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Concept boards | Days of sourcing. | Hours of generated directions. |
| Renderings | Overnight. | Minutes, many variants. |
| FF&E schedule | Manual spreadsheet. | AI-drafted, designer verifies. |
If you want to be an interior designer: CIDA-accredited interior design degree if you want to qualify for NCIDQ. Learn AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, and Photoshop hard. Intern with a firm whose work you admire. Build a point of view before you build a following. Taste is developed by looking at enormous amounts of work, not by prompting prettier images.
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