The render is the easy part
Aether Design AI is AI interior-design software that returns a dimensioned, specified and validated design rather than an image. Every dimension carries the standard it derives from, every material carries its finish, and every check says what was measured and what the acceptable range was. You can already generate pictures. This is the documentation around one.
What you actually receive
- Dimensions
- Every element with its measurement and the standard it derives from — "kitchen island · 42 in · Neufert bar-seating counter".
- Materials
- Applied by element, with finish — "island countertop · waterfall marble · honed".
- Validation
- Each check names the rule, what was measured, and whether it passed — "turning clearance · 58 in · ADA" — with a one-line rationale citing the acceptable range.
- Lighting
- Layers present, colour temperature and the resulting mood, rather than "warm lighting".
- Colour
- The scheme and its balance, checked against the 60-30-10 rule.
- Corrections
- Where a render failed, the concrete change made to fix it — "widened bed-side clearance from 20 in to 30 in".
The design is scored out of 100 and must clear 82 to be delivered. Below that it is re-rendered, up to three attempts, and the corrections are listed rather than hidden.
How it fits a working week
Start from a client photograph
Upload the room as it is and redesign it. The walls, windows and viewpoint stay; the design changes. Faster than describing a room you are standing in.
Iterate in draft
Draft mode skips the reasoning and the judge and costs a fraction, so exploring ten directions does not cost ten full designs. Switch to verified when a direction is worth committing to.
Pick the model per job
Seven image models, chosen per design. A photoreal living room and a graphic concept board are not best served by the same one — the comparison is published.
Enlarge for presentation
A non-generative 2x upscale, so what you show the client is the design that was judged — not a different image the upscaler invented.
What it is checked against
The standards are published, not proprietary, and we publish the figures we work to so you can check them rather than take them on trust.
- Neufert, Architects’ Data — The reference for built dimensions and spatial standards.
- Panero & Zelnik, Human Dimension & Interior Space — Anthropometric basis for furniture and clearance figures.
- ADA Standards for Accessible Design — Accessible routes, turning space and reach ranges.
Read them in the knowledge base, and the seven renderers are compared in which model to use.
What it is not
- This is not CAD. You get a specification and a render, not a DWG, and not construction documentation.
- Dimensions are design intent at standard clearances. They are a starting point for drawings, not a substitute for measuring the actual site.
- Local building regulations take precedence over every figure the system works to.
- The judge scores whether a room works — circulation, ergonomics, lighting, accessibility. It does not score taste, and it is not a substitute for your judgement.
Try it on a real brief
Aether is in beta and every design you make is yours to keep. Pricing and the free tier are still settling, and expert validation with practising designers is under way — if you break it, we want to know, and that feedback shapes what ships next.