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Join the AI HubGetting started with the tools that will change how you work. A practical guide to the AI landscape, built for the design community.
Explore the GuideHomeplay is a luxury provider of home technology solutions, working closely with the interior design community. We specialise in lighting control, architectural lighting, immersive audio-visual systems, and whole-home automation for high-end residential projects.
32 years in technology solutions for luxury residential. Owner and Managing Director of Homeplay for 20 years. Global Board of Directors for CEDIA, the smart home industry association. Regular industry trainer, speaker, and AI enthusiast.
10,000 squares — each represents 0.01% of the world’s population
AI feeds itself and the growth is exponential. What took years now happens in weeks.
Think of AI tools like your supplier book. You'd never source everything from one place.
General-purpose all-rounder. Writing, brainstorming, client emails, quick answers. Your reliable, widely available go-to for most situations.
Integrated with Google Workspace. Quick answers and everyday tasks, already where you work — built into your email and calendar.
Deep thinking, long documents, business strategy, complex projects. Brilliant for extended, detailed briefs and nuanced work.
Office 365 integration — Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams. Like a clever add-on that lives where you already work.
Research with cited sources, fact-checking, staying current. Like having a research assistant who always shows their workings.
Integrated with X/Twitter, real-time social context. The colleague who always knows what's trending on social media.
Beyond the big chatbots, there are purpose-built tools that solve specific problems brilliantly.
Talk instead of type, anywhere on your computer. Dictate emails, proposals, and briefs. It learns your style and vocabulary over time.
AI meeting notes that capture everything. Auto-transcribes and summarises key points, action items, and decisions from site visits and client calls.
Midjourney for high-quality artistic visuals. DALL-E built into ChatGPT. Canva AI for polished branded templates and social content.
Lovable, Replit, and Bolt let you build web apps in plain English. Zapier and Make connect your existing tools with AI automation.
AI that doesn't just answer — it does things for you. Runs on your computer, connected to your apps, files, and messages.
Describe what you want. The agent has its own computer with PowerPoint. It builds and sends the file back to you.
The agent calls the restaurant using a human-sounding voice. Confirms the booking and updates your diary.
Reads and categorises your emails. Drafts replies, flags urgent items. All from a message on your phone.
Set up a configured AI assistant for any of these — same AI, but with your context baked in.
Upload your template and past examples. It drafts proposals that sound like you, saving hours on every new pitch.
Feed in client briefs and get design direction, material recommendations, and mood board ideas in minutes.
Give it your spec format and product databases. It helps draft FF&E schedules and specification documents.
Set your tone, upload email examples. It drafts updates, change orders, and follow-ups that match your voice.
Share your pricing approach and margin targets. Use it to pressure-test project budgets before you present them.
Without setup, every conversation starts cold. Configure it once, and it knows your style.
Like briefing a new contractor on every single job. They don't know your style, your preferred suppliers, or how you like things done.
Like a studio assistant who already knows your aesthetic, your clients, and your process. Same AI, but with context.
A pre-configured Gemini chat with your custom instructions baked in. Like a saved template with your preferences already set.
A workspace with your docs, instructions, and ongoing conversation history. A project folder with a built-in design assistant.
A tailored ChatGPT with specific instructions and knowledge you provide. Like training a new team member on exactly how you work.
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