Designer Yeong-Kyu Yoo’s work shared under the moniker of Cloud and Co is populated with examples of elegantly sculpted objects, each exhibiting an inviting softness expressed through gentle curves. Whether designing a memory stick, a lamp, or humidifier, there’s also the evidence Yoo wants to tempt our desires toward the tactile. Which all makes the designer’s signature style befitting of the design of a bathtub, as Yoo has imagined for his AI-enhanced AquaIntelli bathtub.

Isometric view of a minimalist sculpted bath tub render shown against an all-black background.

Softly sculpted around its edges inviting bathers to sink neck deep into water, the AquaIntelli is a jet spa tub with an additional technological card up its sleeve, delivering a personalized jet water massage that becomes more immersive and relaxing as the tub’s AI-enhanced system learns to focus its efforts onto preferences specific to its daily user(s).

Detail of the minimalist sculpted bath tub's touch dial control display, showing the temperature of the bath water. A metal push button sits flush along the tub surface on the left side of the dial.

A flush mounted push button control activates or deactivates the tub’s spa features with obvious simplicity.

Beyond its jet massage acumen, AquaIntelli’s AI is imagined to automatically adjust temperature, water levels, and the jet intensity to the bather’s preferred specifications.

Detail of the minimalist sculpted bath tub right side with small perforation for the jet spa visible along the sides and bottom.

Detail of the minimalist sculpted bath tub's touch dial control display, showing the temperature of the bath water. A metal push button sits flush along the tub surface on the left side of the dial. A small integrated circle of LEDs are illuminated along the inside sides of the tub.

Side by side rendered images of the AquaIntelli's physical touch dial controls alongside its app equivalent, displayed on a smartphone showing preferred water temperature.

A waterproof digital display dial-button knob borrows from a digital + physical interface that any Nest thermostat user would quickly acclimate to. In addition to physical controls, Yoo has equipped the AquaIntelli with an app equivalent, giving the user the option to draw a bath even before setting a foot within the bathroom.

Side view of the AquaIntelli tub with a center tub faucet protruding next to the touch dial control.

Side view of the gently sculpted perimeter of the AquaIntelli tub set against a black background.

As all of this AI-enhanced technology seems fascinating, it’s really Yoo’s attention to form serving its function toward relaxation that has us hoping the AquaIntelli concept sees the light of day as a real world option.

Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com.

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