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AI-powered app for interior design

Our team developed a unique AI-powered app for interior design to help its users create new style for any room, select and buy furniture that fits their budget, and find construction team to redesign their homes.

TEAM

8 Members

STARTED IN

2023

FINISHED IN

4 months

Country

USA

Industry

AI

AI Development
Business Analysis
End-2-End Delivery
Front-end & Back-end Development
Mobile Applications
Startups
UX/UI design
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OVERVIEW

About
the business


The client came to us with an idea to create a unique solution and change entire interior design industry. He wanted to build a feature-rich AI-powered app that could help its users to:

• perform a redesign of any room,
• select suitable furniture and decor,
• find places where to buy those items,
• find construction teams to redesign their rooms.

This solution should be a go-to option for both professional interior designer and common people wanting to redesign their homes.

We needed to create a unique AI algorithm that will be able to apply the knowledge of designers, trends, rules, and best practices to create the best design styles and options.

The app also needed to have a huge database with:

• a variety of design styles;
• a list of construction companies in nearby area,
• lists of stores where decor and furniture can be bought.

Our client also wanted to add a unique quiz that will provide users with questionnaire, then analyze their answers, and help to create a perfect design according to users’ preferences.

We liked this app idea and decided to help our client to turn it into a real project. We built an app for mobile devices and tablets, and also a web version of app for user who prefer designing on laptops and desktops.

OVERVIEW

Project tasks

  • Complete a workshop and UX discovery to focus on project goals and prepare all necessary documentation including user maps and list of features per release.
  • Create a design concept and then build a clickable app prototype to test the idea.
  • Build an MVP of a web and hybrid mobile app with AI-powered feature set and user-centered design.

OVERVIEW

Project team

• 2 Front-end engineer
• 2 React Native engineer
• 2 Back-end engineers
• DevOps

• QA engineer
• Project manager
• Business analyst
• Software Architect

1

month for
Discovery

3,5

months for
App development

OVERVIEW

Tech Stack

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TypeScript

TypeScript

React.js

React.js

Redux

Redux

Next.js

Next.js

React Native

React Native

Node.js

Node.js

AWS

AWS

K8S

K8S

PostgresQL

PostgresQL

MongoDB

MongoDB

REST

REST

Swagger

Swagger

GraphQL

GraphQL

Socket.io

Socket.io

Microservices

Microservices

RabbitMQ

RabbitMQ

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Landing page

OVERVIEW

Application
features

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2D/3D room planning

Scan space with mobile app and create floor plan

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Style quiz

Go through questionnaire to get design options

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Room furnishing

Fill in the room with furniture or remove it

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Virtual room tour

Take immersive 360 tour to view your room design

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AI suggestions

Algorithm will offer best furniture/decor options

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AI styles library

Explore AI-generated interior design examples

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Quiz

APP FUNCTIONS

AI suggestions

Our client wanted to let app users create great designs without any professional help. To simplify design creation he needed a unique AI algorithm and questionnaire.

First the users will answers all questions about their design preferences and select appealing design options among all offered in the questionnaire. Also the questionnaire asks users to specify their approximate renovation budget and specify if they prefer to spend more money on certain furniture or decoration items.

Then AI algorithm analyzes all preferences and suggests certain style and furniture/decor options that match user request and budget. The user can view all details, check decoration prices and places where they can be bought.

The app also can suggest local construction companies that can help users’ execute house renovation or perform fast room redesign.

APP FUNCTIONS

AI library of designs

Since the app was built for users who are not professional designers, our client wanted to implement a big library of AI-generated designs and styles. The users will explore those design examples to get inspired. They also can generate and add their own designs to the library.

While creating designs users can benefit from AI furnishing tips. AI takes into account all architectural elements like doors, windows, and walls and suggests a variety of suitable furniture pieces.

We also added an option for removing all furniture from the existing space. Users can upload a picture of their room and AI will make the room completely empty. Then users can redecorate that room using AI styles and suggestions.

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Style quiz

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AI Library

PROJECT JOURNEY

Development
approach

This app was designed with a large scale and complexity in mind. Therefore we selected microservices architecture.

  • Most of the services were built on Node.js/Nest.js.
  • For AI-related ones we used Python as a more suitable option.
  • We used cloud services like AWS Lambda, AWS S3, AWS Elemental MediaConvert, etc. for specific tasks and also to improve scalability and performance of the app.
  • For data storage and exchange we've used Amazon RDS and Amazon MQ.

Mobile application: Both iOS and Android apps were built from a single React Native codebase. Since React Native supports a huge library of functional and UI components, allows integration of native modules, and is compatible with most JS/TS libraries, it was a great choice for the app.

Web Application: Application has a public web UI for those who have no mobile app installed, and a web-based content management tool for the back office. We selected React for these web-apps with Next.js server-side rendering for SEO-friendly public content.

UI decisions that make sense

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RESULTS

OUTCOME

In 4 months we have developed an MVP and successfully launched both web and hybrid mobile apps. At the moment our client is testing those apps with users and collecting their feedback.

It is too early to talk about any significant outcome, but we’d like to share that the user base of our client keeps growing. Users enjoy all app features, especially AI-powered ones that help them select budget-friendly furniture and decor.

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