Alexander College researcher Dr Stelios Stefanos Drousiotis, Interior Architectural Designer and Lecturer/Researcher in the BDes Interior Design Pathway at Alexander College, Cyprus / Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU), UK, has published a new article examining the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in interior design education.
The article explores how AI-powered technologies are reshaping design pedagogy, enabling students to generate concepts, visualisations, and performance analyses with unprecedented speed while redefining traditional approaches to design thinking and studio-based learning.
The research highlights both the opportunities and challenges presented by AI, arguing that although intelligent technologies can enhance creativity, collaboration, and design innovation, they also raise important questions surrounding authorship, ethics, bias, critical thinking, and students’ dependence on automated systems.
Through a critical examination of contemporary research in design pedagogy, human–AI collaboration, and educational ethics, the article argues that AI should be embraced not simply as a productivity tool but as a catalyst for rethinking how future interior designers learn, create, and make informed design decisions. It emphasises the importance of cultivating critical digital literacy to ensure that technological advancement complements—rather than replaces—the human imagination, empathy, and ethical judgement at the heart of interior architecture.
Read more at: Design Intelligence: AI as a Catalyst and Challenge in Interior Design Education