Designing For Complex UIs in 2026

Hosted by Vitaly Friedman

Tue, Jan 6, 2026

5:00 PM UTC (1 hour 30 minutes)

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Design Patterns For AI Products In 2026
Vitaly Friedman
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What you'll learn

Designing Complex Mega-Menus

How to organize 4+ levels with multi-menu nav, app layouts, sideways breadcrumbs, top task analysis

Search, Filtering and Sorting UX

Autocomplete UX, nested filters, multi-sorting, manual vs. auto-apply, decoupled search results, disabled states

Enterprise-Grade Tables and Dashboards UX

How to help people scan and navigate complex tables and dashboards with live filtering, multi-sorting and views

Complex Multi-Page Forms

Layout, routing, error recovery, live validation, Confirm vs. Undo, Cancel/X, routing, disabled buttons

Real-Life Examples and UX Guidelines

Roll up your sleeves! You'll leave the session with a toolbox of practical techniques you can apply to your work.

Why this topic matters

Complex UIs don't have to be complicated. When complex navigation, search, tables or forms must work in real life, the last thing we can do is to oversimplify it. Let's see how we can use reliable patterns to improve efficiency and accuracy — along with more accessible and clear UX.

You'll learn from

Vitaly Friedman

Founder of SmashingMag, UX Lead, 20y of experience (European Parliament, Otto)

Vitaly is the author, co-author and editor of Smashing Books, and a curator of Smashing Conferences. He is the UX lead with the European Parliament and Smashing Magazine and senior UX consultant in Europe and abroad, working with large and small companies and organizations like European Parliament, Alliander, Haufe-Lexware, Axel-Springer and many others.

Over the last 20 years, he's been scouting the web for reliable and effective design patterns. He used the chance to explore what works and what doesn’t, how people use design patterns, especially around AI, when they struggle and succeed and when they trust and use digital products.

He also runs Measure UX, Design Patterns For AI Interfaces and Smart Interface Design Patterns — friendly video courses on UX and design patterns, along with a live UX training for passionate UX and product designers.

Previously at

European Parliament
Alliander
Haufe Group
Axel Springer SE
Otto Group

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