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ASH by Alexis Bardini with FINH

AI hardware & smart device design

Hardware that thinks: a pocket field guide that names wildlife, a stool you build and train, and tangible AI for small storytellers.

Trusted by ZigZag, Fugo AI, Samsung, Kano Computing

ZigZag Go, shown blurred while the project is confidential
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ZigZag

An AI exploration device for kids and their little adventures

Ash AI Pokedex open, showing bee recognition on screen
ASH

AI Pocket Field Guide

Sedia_2 AI stool, isometric line drawing, by Alexis Bardini and FINH
SEDIA_2

The future of intelligent living, at the edge

Yarn family app and Tangible AI kit
Yarn

Tangible AI for small storytellers with big imaginations

Child holding the Ash AI Pokedex outdoors, photographing a dandelion
Yarn Tangible AI storytelling kit, strategy and design by Alexis Bardini and FINH

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Building a device that thinks?

Sedia_2 Intelligence Unit set into the timber seat: RGB light, speaker and the chunky learn switch
ZigZag Go, shown blurred while the project is confidential
Yarn magazine, weaver map, character cards and the Yarn app on a phone
Ash AI Pokedex, an AI pocket field guide by Alexis Bardini and FINH
Sedia_2, an AI stool you build, teach and live with, by Alexis Bardini and FINH

Questions

What is AI hardware design?
Designing physical devices with AI inside them: the object, how it senses and responds, and the interface that makes it feel friendly. ASH identifies wildlife in the field; SEDIA_2 is a stool you build and train, running AI at the edge.
Do you prototype working devices?
Yes. ASH was designed and prototyped in a four-week sprint, and SEDIA_2 was built as a working edge-computing experiment.
Do you design the interface and the app too?
Yes. The hardware, the interaction and the screens are designed together, as on ZigZag Go and Yarn.
How does a project start?
With a 30-minute call about what you're building. Book one through Start something.

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Devices that run AI on the edge: industrial design, electronics prototyping and the interfaces that make them feel friendly.

Based in London, working anywhere. Partner at FINH.

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Services

  • Industrial Design
  • Hardware & Connected Devices
  • Prototyping & Model Making
  • AI & Generative Interfaces
  • UX / UI Product Design
  • Research & Futures Forecasting

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