Dancing With Chains: Ideating Under Constraints With UIDEC in UI/UX Design

Figure 1: UIDEC allows UI/UX designers to specify design constraints 1 ○, generate and organize design ideas on a canvas 2 ○, refine or regenerate specific UI elements 3 ○, navigate through different generated versions 4 ○, and save and arrange design examples 5

○, among other features. We investigated the design of UIDEC to understand designers' needs in creative ideation under constraints and to identify opportunities for using AI-powered tools to support this process.