The Design Generator

设计生成器项目是瓦萨里艺术与技术研究中心、伯克贝克数据分析研究所（BIDA）和V&A博物馆之间的合作项目。这项公众参与计划将涉及对当前机器学习算法和神经网络技术的广泛实验，以开发一种互动工具，用于探索V&A馆藏物品的风格和特征。该项目的主要计划成果将是一个“设计生成器”工具，允许公众成员结合V&A收藏类别中的关键术语（时期，风格，材料，技术等），以生成新的，想象的博物馆物品图像。例如，该工具的用户可能会选择将“新艺术”和“彩色玻璃”或“超现实主义”和“挂毯”等术语组合在一起，以产生新的，甚至可能是不可能的物体。人工智能工具旨在鼓励创造性的学习和探索设计博物馆组织的关键时期，风格和材料的定义特征。该项目积极寻求公众的帮助，并将在公众参与研讨会上达到高潮，该研讨会由V&A公众的8名成员组成。实践研讨会将向参与者介绍人工智能技术的能力，以及它们在艺术和博物馆领域的当前和潜在用途。研讨会还将为参与者提供试用设计生成器原型应用程序的机会，并就其开发提供反馈。

The Design Generator project is a collaboration between the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology, the Birkbeck Institute for Data Analytics (BIDA), and the V&A Museum. This public engagement initiative will involve extensive experimentation with current Machine Learning algorithms and Neural Network technology to develop an interactive tool for exploring the styles and characteristics of objects in the V&A's collection. The primary planned outcome of the project will be a "Design Generator" tool that allows members of the public to combine key terms from the V&A's collection categories (periods, styles, materials, techniques, etc.) in order to generate images of new, imagined museum objects. For example, the user of the tool might choose to combine terms such as "art nouveau" and "stained glass," or "surrealism" and "tapestry" to produce new, perhaps even improbable objects. The AI tool aims to encourage creative learning and exploration of the defining characteristics of the key periods, styles and materials around which the design museum is organized.The project actively seeks the help of the public and will culminate in a public-engagement workshop involving a pilot panel made up of 8 members of the V&A public. The hands-onworkshop will introduce participants to the capabilities of AI technologies and their current and potential use within the arts and the museum sector. The workshop will also provide participants with an opportunity to trial the prototype Design Generator application and provide feedback on its development.