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UI Design was what attracted me to the design field. For me, it represented the possibility to combine my artistic inclinations with technology, functionality, and rational thought. It felt like creating art, but with a useful side to our everyday lives. Now, with the rise of Generative AI for UI Design<\/a> with tools such as Figma Make, Lovable, and other prompt-to-design tools, the future of UI Design might change. How does the future of UI design look with AI? Will the way we design UI change? What types of AI-based features will affect UI design? What do UI designers need to learn to keep up with AI?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related: Is AI Replacing Junior Jobs? What Can We Do About It?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How does the future of UI Design look with AI?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I think we will see a change in how UI design is done and the tools we use. The type of AI-based tools that most likely will change how we design user interfaces is generative AI such as Figma Make and Lovable. Generative AI tools can take a text prompt or input such as a sketch or static mockup, and generate new UI designs. Due to the way AI models work, the design outputs often look highly generic, standardized, and can feel a bit boring. However, it\u2019s also looks polished in terms of paddings, margins, font-choices and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a teacher in interaction design (Courses in UX, HCI, etc.) at a Swedish university, I can clearly see when students have used AI to generate a UI design. An AI-generated UI design actually looks too polished and follows generalized patterns too much to be realistic for a beginner who has never manually designed an interface before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When beginners and design students design their first interface, you can often see mistakes in misaligned UI elements, odd amounts of paddings and margins, and alignments of items that go against the basic structure of HTML and CSS. These are good mistakes, inviting for feedback, discussion, and improvements, leading students to learn why there are best practices in UI design. You can also see that they are very creative. Many new and junior designers think outside the norms; they\u2019ve not yet been boxed in, and many of their design mockups – while technically difficult to implement – provide a new way of interaction or aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI-generated UI design, however, often has perfect UI element alignment, strict paddings and margins adhering to modern standards, and 100% realistic technical implementation (since it\u2019s generated in code). This might look nice and seem like a higher-quality design than what junior designers can create manually, but it restricts creativity and personality. I think AI-generated design lacks character, personality, and connection to the designers\u2019 cultural background. All of the things I think we need more of in our increasingly soulless digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If everyone, from design students to professional designers, starts using generative AI instead of allowing their own creative expressions to take up space, I\u2019m worried that we will lose what\u2019s fun, inspiring, and artistic about UI Design. Everything would look the same – boring, soulless, culture-less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I hope our future UI designers won\u2019t be too lazy and still put in the effort to add their own touch to their designs, even<\/em> if they need to use generative AI to produce the basics faster. Hopefully, we\u2019ll see more playful colors, personal illustrations, creative micro-animations in interactions, or more personal content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New AI-based User Interfaces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no denying that AI is taking an increasingly larger role in our digital atmosphere. LLMs and Generative AI models are being integrated into our new applications, both by startups and larger companies. What we might see in AI-based UI design is a need to design for dynamic content. For example, personalized content for the user based on their personal data and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New applications can leverage LLMs (Large Language Models) and Generative AI to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n