Masterclass

Design Patterns For AI in 2026

As we all are exploring ways to include AI in our products, too often we rely on a good old-fashioned conversational UI to bring AI to life. However, this experience is often painfully slow, the responses are generic and users have to meticulously explain to Gemini, ChatGPT and others just what exactly they need — over and over and over again.In this session, we’ll explore new design patterns for better AI experiences, with daemons, clustering, style lenses, structured presets and templates, dynamic editing, temperature knobs and everything in-between! We’ll learn how we can help users find answers and get work done better and faster — with better scoping, style lenses, clustering, recommendations, feedback loop and plenty of other interaction patterns.

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In the workshop, we would cover:

- State of AI in 2026: how people use AI products, with main slowdowns and blockers,
- Frequent challenges of AI products, e.g. context awareness, capabilities awareness, discoverability, chatbot UX and front-end,
- How to help users articulate intent and navigate AI output faster and more precisely, with style lenses, daemons, temperature knobs etc.,
– How to create supportive AI canvases and conversations and support users in navigation between both within the same UI,
- How to use clustering, tabs, dynamic views to help users explore data from various perspectives,
- How to design for agentic UX, and how to support people in complex flows and tasks,
- How to consider accessibility and sustainability in AI interactions,
- How to help users develop trust and confidence for AI interfaces.

Key takeaways:

- Practical design patterns from various AI products and interfaces that will give participants actionable takeaways and applicable solutions to keep in mind,
- Better understanding of how to approach AI projects, things to keep in mind and things to be aware of when designing AI experiences to prevent risks, bottlenecks and technical challenges down the line,
- Participants will get more comfortable and more confident in how to approach and ship AI features.

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Anyone interested in creating AI products that people actually use

8 July 2026, Berlin

Full-day masterclass. Only 30 spots.

Speaker

Vitaly Friedman

UX Lead with Smashing Magazine and European Parliament

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Vitaly loves beautiful content and does not give up easily. Born in Minsk, Belarus, he studied computer science and mathematics in Germany. While writing algebra proofs and preparing for software engineering at nights in the kitchen, at the same time he discovered passion for typography, interface design and writing. After working as a freelance designer and developer for 6 years, he co-founded Smashing Magazine back in 2006, a leading online magazine for designers and developers. His curiosity drove him from interface design to front-end to performance optimization to accessibility and back to user experience over all the years. Vitaly is the author, co-author and editor of Smashing Books (https://www.smashingmagazine.com/books), and a curator of Smashing Conferences (https://www.smashingconf.com). He is the UX lead with the European Parliament and Smashing Magazine (www.smashingmagazine.com) and front-end/UX consultant in Europe and abroad, working with large and small companies and organizations like Haufe-Lexware, Axel-Springer and others. He also runs Measure UX (https://measure-ux.com) and Smart Interface Design Patterns (https://smart-interface-design-patterns.com), friendly video courses on UX and design patterns, along with a live UX training for passionate UX and product designers.