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IKEA
Home & Garden
Smart Home

Home Harmony

Colour that Connects

Debut an AI-powered lamp that auto-tunes its light spectrum to any mood.

Campaign brief

The strategic inputs

Everything the generated asset set had to satisfy, stated before any image existed.

Objectives

  • Reinforce IKEA smart-home leadership
  • Sell 500K units in first quarter
  • Grow IKEA app daily sessions by 25%

Target audience

Young homeowners & design enthusiasts

Brand
IKEA
Industry
Home & Garden

Deliverables

Campaign assets

Each asset keeps its prompt, model, and output size so the generation is reproducible.

Chromatic Living Room

Chromatic Living Room

Gradient lamp matching pastel walls.

Prompt

Scandinavian interior, minimal décor; adaptive lamp emits seamless gradient matching pale-mint walls; shot in soft morning light; 4800x3200 px, 300dpi.

fal-ai/imagen4/preview4800x3200JPG
Lamp Close-up

Lamp Close-up

Macro of lamp's colour sensor sampling wall paint.

Prompt

Macro focus on sleek aluminium bezel; colour sampling beam; pastel backdrop; print-quality.

fal-ai/imagen4/preview3200x4800JPG
Mood Wheel Graphic

Mood Wheel Graphic

Infographic wheel showing 12 preset ambiences.

Prompt

Vector infographic; circular wheel of colour swatches with minimalist icons; IKEA blue/yellow accents; 5000x5000 px PNG.

fal-ai/recraft/v35000x5000PNG
Bedroom Serenity

Bedroom Serenity

Lamp casting midnight-blue hue in cosy bedroom.

Prompt

Low-light bedroom scene; deep-blue ambient lamp glow; light wood furniture; print-ready 4800x3200 px.

fal-ai/imagen4/preview4800x3200JPG
video

24h Mood Shift Story

8-second vertical timelapse from sunrise warm to midnight blue.

Prompt

Vertical 1080x1920; static camera on lamp corner; colour transitions through 24-hour cycle in 8s.

fal-ai/veo3/fast1080x1920MP48s

Teaching notes

Why this campaign is worth studying

Strategic framing for a data-driven decision making discussion.

Learning objectives

This case study illustrates how AI can be used to create marketing assets for smart home products that emphasize personalization and ambient computing.

Business context

IKEA's Home Harmony lamp aimed to solidify its position in the smart home market. The campaign needed to communicate the product's unique color-matching feature to young homeowners, with a sales target of 500K units and a goal to increase app usage.

AI application

Generative AI produced visuals that showcased the lamp's adaptive lighting in various home settings and moods. It also created a clear infographic to explain the product's features, simplifying a technical concept for a broad audience.

Key insights for marketers

  1. 1

    Visualizing ambient technology requires showing the effect, not just the product.

  2. 2

    Infographics are effective tools for explaining complex product features simply.

  3. 3

    Campaigns for smart home devices should span both aspirational lifestyle shots and functional close-ups.

  4. 4

    A consistent color palette in marketing assets can reinforce brand identity (e.g., IKEA's blue and yellow).

Model credits

What generated each asset

Every deliverable stores the model that produced it, so the creative record stays auditable.

Image generation

fal-ai/imagen4/preview

  • Chromatic Living Room
  • Lamp Close-up
  • Bedroom Serenity

Vector graphics

fal-ai/recraft/v3

  • Mood Wheel Graphic

Video generation

fal-ai/veo3/fast

  • 24h Mood Shift Story

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