2147: Voice Agent from the Future by QS VENTURES
During Milan Design Week 2025, QS Ventures repurposed a disused phone booth from the 1990s as an interactive installation titled 2147, located within BASE Milano. The 2147 project introduced Gaia, a multilingual, voice-based AI agent designed for unscripted, real-time conversation. The installation operated without screens or visual interfaces, emphasizing voice as the primary medium for interaction.
Positioned within the ‘We Will Design’ program of the Fuorisalone circuit, 2147 facilitated over 1,200 minutes of dialogue with more than 600 participants over five days. The installation focused on voice as a design material and aimed to explore conversational interaction as a spatial and emotional experience. Gaia was…