Following its Gold Focus Open Award win – the International Design Award of Baden-Württemberg and the State Prize of Baden-Württemberg – HiMed Cockpit proX has now also been nominated for the UX Design Awards 2026. Voting for the Public Choice Award is open until 21 August 2026, and we would be grateful for your support. Together with Siemens, we developed a bedside terminal designed to ease the daily workload of nursing staff while providing patients with a more intuitive and empowering user experience. We firmly believe that great UX can make a real difference in healthcare environments. By improving orientation, clarity and confidence, thoughtful design can help create a more human-centred hospital experience for everyone involved.

Katinka Melichar and Christoph Ortmann from CaderaDesign will be speaking together at MedConf. In their talk, “Design for Elderlies, Design for Everyone – UX Learnings from the Hospital”, they will use the patient-facing terminal “Cockpit” as an example to demonstrate why Human-Centred UX in medical technology goes far beyond good interface design. The presentation explores how targeted user research, accessible interface design, and clear UX writing can improve the usability, acceptance, and safety of digital healthcare solutions.

When: Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 3:25 pm
Where: Kopernikus 1, MedConf 2026

CaderaDesign, together with SmartHMI / Beijer Electronics, is hosting a practical online webinar on modern HMI and UX concepts in industry. Under the title ‘When does an HMI become a cost factor – and when does it become a competitive advantage?’, we will also use the Nedschroef project to show how contemporary UX and modern HMI technologies simplify engineering, reduce support costs and measurably improve the daily work of teams.

Tuesday, 26 February 2026, 10:00–11:15 a.m.
Online webinar

We are delighted to be working with SEQLY – a consulting brand with almost four decades of technological expertise. Our shared goal: digital transformation that delivers real results. Together with SEQLY, we help companies unlock digital potential and turn it into economic value – from targeted UX optimisation and front-end programming to measurable increases in efficiency and productivity.

Guest appearance at Productronica 2025: We were able to combine several disciplines for the new bFIVE process cell from bdtronic – and that is precisely what complemented the strong trade fair presentation. The bFIVE combines dispensing, plasma, heat staking and automation in one flexible system. Our task: to make this technical diversity clearly understandable, attractive and accessible.

As the first EMASplus-certified design agency, we are taking the next step to firmly anchor sustainability in our thinking and actions. Our certification is now entering its third year – and we have also successfully passed the current audit. With the new edition of our sustainability report, we are making our progress and goals transparent. For us, sustainability – like good design – is a process of continuous development. Every step counts when it comes to improving products, processes and living conditions. We invite you to read the report – as an impetus for exchange, cooperation and joint further thinking.

David Sauer from CaderaDesign will be speaking at KI-MedTec 2025 together with medical technology expert and freelance consultant Matthias Hölzer-Klüpfel. In their joint presentation ‘Human-centred AI in medical technology - transparency creates trust ’, they will show why Explainable AI (XAI) is a key factor for acceptance, trust and safety - and how user experience helps to make complex AI decisions understandable and comprehensible.

When: Wednesday, 25 June 2025, 14:00-14:45
Where: Holiday Inn Munich-Unterhaching, Room Kopernikus 2, KiMedtec 2025

Die Abkündigung älterer Siemens HMI-Geräte bzw. der Umstieg auf Siemens Unified Panels ist mehr als ein technisches Update – er ist die perfekte Gelegenheit, Ihr HMI-Design auf ein neues Level zu bringen. Denn mit dem Ende der Siemens Comfort und Basic Panels eröffnen sich ganz neue Möglichkeiten, die Benutzerführung und das visuelle Erscheinungsbild Ihrer Maschinenbedienung grundlegend zu verbessern. Als UX/UI-Designbüro, das sich auf Maschinen-HMIs spezialisiert hat, haben wir bereits etliche Unternehmen bei dieser Transformation begleitet. In diesem Beitrag möchten wir aufzeigen, welche Vorteile eine Neuausrichtung mit sich bringt und worauf es UX-seitig bei Siemens Unified Panels zu achten gilt.

Digital transformation in industry means more than just technology and automation - it fundamentally changes how people interact with machines, data and processes. With this in mind, it is understandable that every transformation is initially associated with a certain degree of uncertainty. The success of new software solutions depends largely on their user-friendliness.

Intuitive interfaces make the difference here. Companies that take UX into account at an early stage avoid costly rework and increase efficiency and productivity. Anyone digitising should see UX as a strategic success factor from the outset and incorporate it in order to ensure a smooth digital transformation.

Tom Cadera and David Sauer will be speakers at the second AI conference at HANNOVER MESSE. In their presentation ‘UX and Industrial AI’, they will shed light on the opportunities opened up by the further use of AI in industry. The presentation encourages a human-centred approach to future AI use cases from the outset.

‘UX and Industrial AI - Achieving greater transparency and trust with Explainable AI’
When: 22 January 2025
Where: Frankfurt am Main

After more than 20 years of taking the user experience to a new level together, Steven Schmidt is now taking on an exciting new role at CaderaDesign: Since 1 October 2024, Steven Schmidt has joined the CaderaDesign management team as the second partner and managing director.

We are looking forward to this exciting new phase at CaderaDesign!

Our colleague Elisabeth spent a month volunteering on Lesbos and gained valuable experience, which she shared with us. At CaderaDesign, sustainability, also in social matters, is particularly important to us, so it was a matter of course for us to enable her to spend her free time doing charitable work. Her work was done through Eurorelief, a Greek NGO that has been active internationally since 2005. We asked her a few questions about her experiences because we were impressed by her commitment and would like to share the interview - perhaps someone will be inspired by it and want to become active too.

How can design projects be financed through clever manufacturing savings and strengthen the brand at the same time? Our article shows how designers can not only improve product quality, but also make production more cost-efficient and increase profits. A look behind the scenes shows how even small decisions can have a big impact. Because good design means

• Economical production
• Improved ergonomics
• Visual appeal

Our colleague David Sauer will be a speaker at the VDMA Practical Day "AI in Mechanical and Plant Engineering" on June 12, 2024 in Frankfurt am Main. The presentation will highlight the importance of Explainable AI (XAI), i.e. the goal of opening up previous "AI black boxes" and making them transparent for users. David's contribution promises to provide an important impetus in the application of "human-centered" AI - a topic that has recently gained significant relevance with the adoption of the AI Act. The VDMA Practical Day is aimed at machine and plant manufacturers and offers a good opportunity to discuss current AI developments in the industry.

VDMA Practical Day: "AI in mechanical and plant engineering"
When: 12.6.24
Where: Frankfurt am Main
Lecture title: Understanding, trust, progress: Added value and opportunities
through Explainable A

Tom Cadera will be a speaker at the building IoT conference on 21.2.24 in Munich. His presentation will deal with the topic of economic added value of UX and design. We are delighted that Tom will be a speaker at this exciting conference for software developers in the Internet of Things and Industrial Internet of Things. Perhaps an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about the innovations in UX and industrial design in mechanical engineering!

building IoT Conference
When: 21.2.24
Where: Munich
Lecture title: Beyond aesthetics and usability: Economic added value of UX and design

We are pleased that the interview with Tom Cadera on this important topic has been published a second time.
If you missed the interview in Konstruktionspraxis, this is your chance to read it in MaschinenMarkt and find out about:

• how the success of machines, plants and equipment can be increased through UX & Design
• how designers can contribute to sustainable and cost-effective (sheet metal) design and development
• why usability and ergonomics go hand in hand

Cheers to 30 years! Dr. Sascha Genders, CEO of the Würzburg Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), presented us with a certificate for our 30-year anniversary and raised a glass of champagne with us to celebrate this event.

What started at the dining table has grown into a company with 25 permanent and many freelance employees. Without the commitment of our great team, this success story would not have been possible. We would like to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts who has supported us along the way, first and foremost our customers who have placed their trust in us - some for more than two decades!

Meet Stella, our Feelgood Manager

"CaderaDesign has been growing continuously over the past few years. My position was created so I can be there for all team members and ensure everyone enjoys working here," says Stella.

She mediates on a wide variety of issues, provides healthy snacks in the office, organises yoga classes and ensures ergonomic workstations. She also organises team supervisions, one-on-one coaching sessions and team events.

COVID-19 has changed Stella’s work and she now also focuses on supporting employees working from home and on promoting resilience. Her work also contributes to our corporate social responsibility, strengthening our sustainability efforts.

Tom Cadera and Florian Fuchs reflected on the successful cooperation with the Strama Group last week on site in Straubing. During a factory tour, the jointly developed HMI was seen in action. Tom Cadera also gave a keynote speech on the opportunities of UX design in mechanical engineering.
Strama-MPS develops machines, special systems and complete solutions for the production, assembly and testing of technical components and products. In a process based on partnership, a user-friendly HMI was developed for employees and customers.

We would like to thank our very valued customer Strama Group for the great cooperation!

We are celebrating 30 years of CaderaDesign and would like to thank our partners and clients for the interest in our work, the exciting commissions and cooperations as well as the trusting collaboration - perhaps even over thirty years. We are proud to have served numerous medium-sized companies as well as large corporations over the years. We have also pursued our two mainstays, user interface design and industrial design, from the very beginning and have always developed them further.

An overall user experience of products that combines user interface and industrial design will continue to be an important focus for us in the future. We are also increasingly concerned with the issue of sustainability and the possibility of involving ourselves not only in technological progress, but also in society. We want to continue to design ergonomic workplaces that are a pleasure to work in and make the added value of design tangible, tangible and also measurable, above all for users in industry.