Frequently Asked Questions of IQ Design
Generic AI tools require you to become a prompt engineer. IQ Design works differently. Describe what you're imagining the way you'd describe it to a fabricator—brushed brass, quarter-sawn oak, hand-troweled plaster. The system translates your professional vocabulary into structured parameters, then visualizes with precision. Select, refine, and when you're ready, find real products that match.
No. Every image you generate is original—created in the moment by our AI model specifically trained for your use, unique to your description. These are not photos pulled from the web or images of existing products.
Professional designers who already know their craft. The system speaks your language—materials, finishes, proportions, construction methods—and uses that expertise to amplify what you already know. If you think in specs and parameters, IQ Design makes that thinking visible, fast.
Objects, environments, furnishings, lighting, surfaces, textiles—anything you can describe in professional design vocabulary. The system is optimized for interior design, furnishings, and architectural elements.
Parameters are the specific technical characteristics, measurements, and constraints that define the style, material behavior, and functional quality of a product. They act as the "control knobs" that allow designers to manipulate a product's appearance, performance, and feel.
Generally; style, material, color, scale, and context (why it matters.)
Use professional vocabulary and add emotional context;
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"Unlacquered brass" not just "gold hardware"
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"Bouclé upholstery" not just "textured fabric"
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"Japandi" not just "Japanese and Scandinavian mix"
Add emotional context, such as
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"Warm and inviting"
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"Dramatic but not cold"
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"Playful yet sophisticated"
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Reference images represent a desired influence to your design–a preliminary drawing, a photo of a preferred style or shape, a fabric swatch, a clipping from a magazine. The system reads the image and your ideas, extracts its make-up—material, color, form, mood—then uses those to guide your image generation. Combine a reference image with voice or text description to support your design intent.
Yes. The system recognizes hex codes (#00A79D), RGB values, and industry color standards including Pantone and RAL. Including these in your prompt will get you closer to your intended palette—though as with all AI visualization, treat the output as a strong approximation, not an exact color proof.
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Name the color system when you can. "Warm gray" is open to interpretation. "Greige in the Sherwin-Williams Accessible Beige family" is more targeted.
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Describe color relationships, not just individual colors. "Cognac leather against matte black steel" gives context for how colors interact.
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Use emotional color language alongside technical terms. "A soft, restful sage green" tells the system both the hue and the feeling.
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When refining, adjust one color at a time. Changing multiple colors in a single refinement can produce unpredictable results.
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Usually it's a parameter gap. The more precisely you describe your intent—specific materials, dimensions, finishes, construction methods—the closer the output. Vague descriptions produce interpretive results. If a detail matters, name it. If something specific is wrong, use refinement to lock what's right and adjust what's not.
Sourcing is where the value of IQ Design compounds. Create a design that meets your client's needs, then immediately search for matching products. When searching for purchasable products, adding the type of store can help focus results more effectively than naming a specific retailer. Terms like “furniture store,” “lighting store,” or “home decor store” tend to bias results toward retail listings and product pages, whereas naming individual retailers (for example, CB2) often has little effect and cannot be used to exclude sources.
AI image generation can struggle with certain combinations: complex multi-object scenes, unusual material pairings, or highly specific proportions. These are known limitations of current models. Use the refinement tools to isolate problem areas and regenerate just that region, or simplify the prompt and build complexity through iterations.
Direct or through the in-app feedback mechanism, any experience that merits an emotional response, good or bad, is most welcome. The most useful feedback is specific: "I asked for X, and I got Y"—with screenshots. Parameter failures help us improve the engine.
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A domain is a creative category with its own vocabulary: interior design, furniture, wedding decor, hairstyling, fashion, culinary presentation, lighting, jewelry. Each domain has parameters unique to its craft—hairstyling has parting and volume; furniture has joinery and leg structure—but they share an underlying grammar of form, material, appearance, and context.
Not really. The system handles translation. Describe what you're imagining in your professional vocabulary—the parameters you already use with clients and fabricators—and the engine maps that language to prompts. A lighting designer talks about beam spread and mounting type; a cake designer talks about tier structure and fondant finish. Both get accurate visualizations because the system understands domain-specific language.
We're validating how parametric precision actually delivers better designer outcomes before we position publicly. Your feedback shapes what this becomes. Once we're clear of designer’s experiences, we'll open up attribution and public sharing.
IQ Design is built for professional designers, not to replace them. Here's why: the system responds to the precision of what you give it. A skilled designer describing a piece knows which details (parameters) matter and how they interact—materials, proportions, construction methods, context. That expertise produces images that aren't just visually appealing but structurally sound and executable. Someone without that training might generate something that looks interesting but specifies materials that can't be joined, proportions that don't work in a real space, or styles that contradict each other. Our commitment isn't to maximize users or revenue. It's to maximize the impact of professional designers—because when designers have better tools, everyone benefits from spaces, objects, and environments that are more thoughtful, more functional, and more beautiful.
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