# Session title

Premium Workshop: Designing for complex UIs in 2025

## Session URL

https://staging.webexpo.net/prague2025/sessions/premium-workshop-designing-for-complex-uis-in-2025/

## Session Type

Premium Workshop

## Talk Description

Roll up your sleeves — it’s time to brush up your UX skills! How would you architect an effective multi-level navigation for a large government website? What about enterprise-grade tables and data grids with intricate forms, filters and search? Or perhaps an accessible data visualisation and charts for a complex medical data set? Well, fasten your seat belt!












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In this workshop, you’ll learn how to deal with real-life UX challenges from the ground up. Get ready: you’ll sail uncharted waters, design truly complex interfaces and receive feedback from people around the world.



What will attendees learn?




Complex multi-level navigation (6–7 levels) in a large organisation, prioritisation techniques, card sorting, tree testing, validation, sideways navigation, mega-dropdowns.



Complex filtering in public archives, exploring layout, auto-apply vs. manual apply, filtering overlays, filtering and sorting intervals, tagging and smart previews, tap/type-ahead pattern, filter presets, scoped filtering.



Complex multi-page forms in a corporate environment (e.g. CPQ systems), focusing on form layout, error recovery, inline validation, routing, conditional reveal, disabled states, autocomplete UX, dependencies.



Enterprise-grade tables for complex applications, with inline editing, filtering, sorting, search, imports, exports, integrations and modals.



Advanced search and autocomplete UX, with layout and interaction design, when to show/hide suggestions, search query iteration, autocomplete blindness, faceted search, type-ahead pattern, keyboard navigation,



Data visualisation and Charts, how to choose charts, how to design honest and effective charts, incl. formatting, colour palettes, legends, formatting, tables and interactive filters,



Dashboards and spreadsheets, with complex layouts, data editing, inline filtering, infinite scroll UX, “load more” vs. pagination, access to footer and access to the current state, mobile optimisations,



Sustainable UX, incl. design patterns, presets, defaults, data collection, archiving, deletion, exporting and how to measure digital sustainability,



Designing for AI, with AI presets, contextual suggestions, temperature knobs, invisible clustering, scoping, personalisation, agents and how to design better AI UIs,



Design patterns for expert interfaces and B2B, with advanced features, visual indicators, customizable widgets, complex business logic, enterprise products, legacy systems, keyboard shortcuts, query constructors and 3rd-party integrations,



Accessibility of complex interfaces, with UX considerations, colourblindness, designing for older adults, children, people with autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, WCAG 2.2 compliance and EU Accessibility Act,



Authentication and Privacy UX, and how to design authentication and gather accurate data while avoiding legal battles and respecting user’s data,



100s of real-life examples, government and university websites, trip planners, financial services, eCommerce, online banking, configurators, insurance and mortgage calculators, data grids and enterprise products.



Checklist for complex UIs, with guidelines and decisions to consider when designing any component in a complex setting.How to prevent fundamental accessibility issues in 4 areas: Visual design, interactions, navigation, and content availability.




Who is the workshop for?




Intermediate and senior designers, product leads, UX leads.




What are the attendee requirements?




A computer would be great, but not required!






## Tags

AI & ML & Bots, Content, Design Systems, Design Thinking & UX, Research, Service Design & CX

## Session Focused on

Web Development: 40%, Design & UX: 100%, Marketing: 20%, Business: 60%

## Session Presenter

Vitaly Friedman

## Session Presenter Bio

Born in Minsk, Belarus, Vitaly studied computer science and mathematics in Germany. After working as a freelance designer and developer for six years, he co-founded Smashing Magazine back in 2006, a leading online magazine for designers and developers. Vitaly is the author, co-author, and editor of Smashing books, a curator of Smashing Conferences, and a leading front-end and UX consultant, working with the European Parliament, Haufe-Lexware, Axel-Springer, and more.

## Session Details

### Date

May 30, 2025 9:30 am

### Duration

480 Minutes

### Specific Location

Wrike Office

### General Localtion

Lucerna Palace, Prague, Czech Republic