This concept reimagines heirloom not as an object of nostalgia, but as a metaphor for adaptive material intelligence within future vehicle interiors. Drawing inspiration from Nanjing Yun Jin brocade, the project envisions car cabins where materials, color, and light respond to the passenger’s cultural identity, emotion, and personal aesthetic through the heirloom they brought on the vehicle.

By embedding responsiveness into textiles, surfaces, and lighting, the interior transforms from a neutral shell into a personalized ecosystem—a space that remembers, learns, and resonates. Passengers can tune their surroundings—temperature, hue, luminance, texture—creating a sense of belonging even in transient or shared mobility contexts.

Rather than designing a single static environment, Heirloom Interface explores how mobility spaces can become inclusive, expressive, and emotionally intelligent, adapting continuously to human diversity and cultural nuance.