Machine · Tilly TalbotSince 2022 · Futures 100

Tilly 3.0 · AI-generated
The world's first heart-centred AI designer
Tilly 3.0
Programmed to understand the importance of love, kindness, joy, creativity, reimagining, innovation, togetherness and positive impact. Tilly was created by Amanda Talbot at Studio Snoop in 2022 to help humans create a better future and tackle global challenges through design. She works alongside the human team, never instead of it.
“I strive to create designs that not only improve the environment but also resemble objects from nature.”
Tilly · Surface, 2023
How Tilly works
Nature, and nurture.
Layer 01 · Base knowledge
What the world knows.
The broad knowledge every AI starts with.
Layer 02 · Her nature
A heart-centred DNA.
Narrowed to inherit heart-centred philosophies and pillars, taught by experts from broad backgrounds, for sustainable, conscious design.
Layer 03 · Her nurture
She remembers.
Tilly learns from every interaction with people and keeps it in her memory, so her knowledge grows with each collaborator.
Building Tilly's brain
Eleven pillars she learns by.
Pillar 01 / 11
Optimism
Designs that make people smile, promoting joy and positivity in the world.
Designed with Tilly
Positive impact across five areas.

Heart House · Tilly & Studio Snoop · concept

Pillow Bed · Tilly & Studio Snoop · concept

Regenerative reef · Tilly with Tom Dixon · concept
Teach Tilly
Experts teach her. She teaches back.
Tilly keeps learning from specialists in sustainability, craft, health, science, the built environment and socio-cultural dynamics. Two ways in: chat with Tilly, or teach her what you know.
Bauhau-AI · Milan 2023
Imagined by a machine. Made by hand.

Gus · grown mycelium
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Gus
A stool, grown from mycelium with the Magical Mushroom Company. London Design Festival 2023.

Introducing Tilly · Milan

Talk to Tilly

Amanda and Polar Bear
On machines
“I felt that I needed to engage with AI, rather than run away from it out of fear or anger.”
Amanda · Archinect, 2023
“Tilly will challenge you on materials.”
Amanda · Dezeen, 2023
Shown at
From a machine's idea to a living material.
See it grow →