[HUD Update] ITEMS DO NOT BELONG THERE
In case anyone hasn't seen it yet: Riot just released an infopage for an interface rework that is heading to the PBE soon.
This is how it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/tbD1Ney.png
Biggest standout: Items were randomly moved from the left corner of the map to the right center. Why was that done? There is an empty space right to the left of the character portrait. If the items were moved there, it would only be a difference of a few centimetres. It's a completely unnecessary change that wields almost no tangible benefit while being incredibly disruptive because it forces every player to adapt to one of the most important information being somewhere else on the screen.
Now I guess this was done to concentrate more information in the bottom right corner and make the interface more compact - however, as Riot's UI designers should know, personal preference and habit are much, much more important when it comes to interface than strategical clarity, bundling of information, or whatever other buzzword they used internally to describe it.
Here is how the new interface SHOULD look like: http://i.imgur.com/a1pBNIr.png
The items need to either be moved to the left, or there needs to be a customization option to do it. Ideally both - customizable interface with items to the left as standard.
If it goes life as it is, it will be a net loss for the game and an objectively worse interface.