Workshops
Conference sessions are one thing, but full-day hands-on workshops are an entirely different beast. On the day before and on the day after the conference, you can dive deep into your topic of interest: be it Complex UIs or AI Design Patterns.
All workshops are hands-on and practical, so you can apply your new skills immediately. Tickets cost $699 — with discounts for Smashing Members and bundle tickets available.
If you buy a bundle ticket, you will save USD 100 and get access to our conference and one or two days of world-class workshops.
Our workshops offer the opportunity to get to grips with new ideas and techniques in real depth, with a full day spent on the topic of your choice. It’s a great way to round off your conference experience, and lunch will be provided, too.
Join one of the intensive workshops with a limited number of seats. Tickets for the full-day workshops cost 699 USD — booking fees included.
Workshops include…
- Snacks and drinks during the whole day
- Tea and coffee
- Lunch
- Paper and pen/pencil
Please notice that the maximum capacity of each workshop is limited. A computer will not be provided, so please bring your own laptop to the workshop.
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Stephanie Eckles
Building Interactive, Accessible Components
Full-day workshop • Monday, October 6, 2025.
Want to learn the latest CSS and JavaScript so you can make great interactive and accessible components? With plenty of new features that launched recently, CSS is more capable than ever, even replacing some behaviors previously only possible via JavaScript.Join this workshop to learn about the dynamic features now available in modern CSS, as well as discover the JavaScript that’s required to ensure accessibility of your components. Learn to establish a future-first set of solutions, and review the boundaries that require fallbacks.
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Nick Desbarats
Practical Dashboards Masterclass
Full-day workshop • Monday, October 6, 2025.
Despite the fact that books and courses on information dashboard design have been available for years, many dashboards still fail to meet users' and organizations' expectations.
Users have trouble finding answers to basic questions and fail to notice urgent problems because they’re hidden behind clicks, hard to notice, or possibly not even on the dashboard. Because of these and other problems, many dashboards still end up under-used or even abandoned.
In this workshop, you’ll learn a practical framework for designing clear, effective dashboards that help users quickly find answers. -
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Vitaly Friedman
Designing For Complex UIs, 2025 Edition
Full-day workshop • Monday, October 6, 2025.
Not much can surprise us when it comes to interface challenges. We can design a decent card, a well-rounded accordion and an exquisite hamburger navigation. But what if there are slightly more complex UX challenges ahead of us?
In this workshop with Vitaly Friedman, UX consultant and creative lead behind Smashing Magazine, you will learn how to tackle intricate design challenges in corporate, enterprise and B2B environments with ease.
If you’ve attended a workshop on Complex Design Patterns in previous years, this is a fully revamped and updated workshop tailored for even more complex UX challenges. -
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Miriam Suzanne
Modern CSS Architecture
Full-day workshop • Thursday, October 9, 2025.
New CSS features are shipping at an unprecedented rate – cascade layers, container queries, the:has()selector, subgrid, nesting, and so much more. It’s a good time to rethink how we write modern and resilient styles.
Join Miriam for a deep dive into what makes the language work, and how we can harness its power to develop resilient and delightful experiences that hold up across browsers, languages, and device interfaces. -
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Vitaly Friedman
Design Patterns For AI Interfaces
Full-day workshop • Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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, Chat-GPT and others just what exactly they need — over and over and over again.
In this workshop, 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! The workshop isn’t about how to use Midjourney, Chat-GPT etc., but rather how to design better AI experiences.
