Inspiration Seeds: Learning Non-Literal Visual Combinations for Generative Exploration

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.08615v2
• Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:10:05 GMT
• Title: Inspiration Seeds: Learning Non-Literal Visual Combinations for Generative Exploration
• Authors: Kfir Goldberg, Elad Richardson, Yael Vinker,
• Abstract summary: We propose Inspiration Seeds, a generative framework that shifts image generation from final execution to exploratory ideation.<n>We use CLIP Sparse Autoencoders to extract editing directions in CLIP latent space and isolate concept pairs.
• Score: 13.00602873238112
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: While generative models have become powerful tools for image synthesis, they are typically optimized for executing carefully crafted textual prompts, offering limited support for the open-ended visual exploration that often precedes idea formation. In contrast, designers frequently draw inspiration from loosely connected visual references, seeking emergent connections that spark new ideas. We propose Inspiration Seeds, a generative framework that shifts image generation from final execution to exploratory ideation. Given two input images, our model produces diverse, visually coherent compositions that reveal latent relationships between inputs, without relying on user-specified text prompts. Our approach is feed-forward, trained on synthetic triplets of decomposed visual aspects derived entirely through visual means: we use CLIP Sparse Autoencoders to extract editing directions in CLIP latent space and isolate concept pairs. By removing the reliance on language and enabling fast, intuitive recombination, our method supports visual ideation at the early and ambiguous stages of creative work.

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