Information overload, Facebook Libra, baseline grids — and more UX links this week

A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

• How to combat with info overload →
  How to avoid presenting so much data that you leave the user unable to make a decision.
• Marking required fields in forms →
  Using asterisk for required fields, or indicating the ones that are optional?
• Experimenting in UX research →
  Design thinking, failing fast, iterating, and other popular design buzzwords.

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Stories from the community

One design concept, infinite revisions? →
On building flexibility into your creative process.
By Benek Lisefski

How to improve your product with Lean UX →
Processes that are quick, sustainable, and flexible.
By Adam Fard

How I overcame the fear of testing my design →
Who loves the feeling of being rejected?
By Porhour LY

More top stories:

• The UI commute: why screens are burning you out →
  By Stefan Nikolovski
• How good UX leads to great security →
  By Josh Ben-David
• Writing a press release before jumping into Design →
  By Shani Prathibha
• 3 ways of thinking about accessibility →
  By Alastair Somerville
• What is the role of an AI designer? →
  By Amanda Linden
• The illusion of different design processes →
  By Maximilian Schmidt
• The things we forget on the inside looking out →
  By Quinn Keast

News & ideas

• Facebook Libra →
  Facebook launches Libra (cryptocurrency) and Calibra (app), with a serious trust problem.
• Spot the Fake →
  Adobe has an ambitious plan to help the public spot fake images.
• Atoms & Ions →
  Introducing “Ions”, an extension to the Atomic Design concept.
• Sustainable Web →
  A manifesto about making the web a more sustainable, open, and honest place.

Featured work: Lucie Bajgart →

Tools & resources

• Iconography 101 →
  A comprehensive guide about iconography, its whys and hows.
• Mind Maps →
  Whimsical is launching mind maps to help organize your ideas.
• Baseline Grids →
  A thorough investigation into a commonly overlooked design element.
• Pock →
  Display your MacOS doc on your Touch Bar.