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Vitaly Friedman | SpeakersList

Vitaly Friedman

Sr. UX Designer @Smashing Magazine

Speaks aboutEnterprise UXAccessibilityAIProduct Design

Speaks aboutEnterprise UX Accessibility AI Product Design

Berlin, GermanyEnglish, GermanSmashing Magazine,Smart Interface Design Patterns,Design Patterns For AI Interfaces

About

Co-founder and creative lead of Smashing Magazine and curator of SmashingConf, and a front-end/UX consultant whose clients include the European Parliament. Vitaly runs widely-attended workshops and the 'Smart Interface Design Patterns' programme on complex UIs, forms, accessibility and, increasingly, AI interfaces. A prolific keynote speaker and one of the most recognizable curators in the front-end and UX community.

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Nov2026
WUD EstoniaConference · Tallinn, Estonia
How to design AI interfaces that actually work for people
Oct2025
SmashingConfConference · New York, United States
Designing for complex UIs
Sep2025
ValueUX ConferenceConference · Online, International
How to Measure, Prioritize and Visualize UX Impact
Aug2023
FRONTConference · Zürich, Switzerland
Designing For Complex UIs
Jun2022
SmashingConfConference · New York, United States
Designing for Complex UIs
Sep2020
Design MattersConference · Copenhagen, Denmark
Creating friendly forms for how humans really think
Jun2018
CSS DayConference · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dirty Little Tricks From The Dark Corners of eCommerce