CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class
Product Description
“Andy Clarke has an uncanny ability to make you reconsider what you know and wonder why you hadn’t always done it his way.” — Dave Shea, creator of the CSS Zen Garden
And it’s those uncanny abilities that make this Master Class—one-on-one instruction from Andy Clarke on camera, coupled with his bestselling full-color book containing hundreds more visual examples—the best way to absorb Andy’s amazing techniques and best practices for Web design.
The book and workshop DVD-ROM deliver the ultimate CSS learning experience for intermediate to advanced Web designers looking to create beautiful and accessible designs. Inside you’ll find:
• Proven techniques for creating inspiring designs that use lean, semantic markup and CSS
• Numerous examples that use a visual approach to explain coding techniques
• The latest advances in Web design, including the emerging CSS3 specification
• A new design workflow for building successful prototypes and effective grids that works well for all team members
• Instruction on advanced topics including typography, microformats, advanced CSS selectors, CSS3 modules, and layout techniques that employ floats, positioning, and margins
• Inspiration from leading designers who embrace Web standards in their own work
• Example files included so you can follow along
Total running time: 2 hours, 34 minutes
The DVD shows very good examples of a layout the designer wants to achieve and the way to get there. Besides he creates layouts that I’ve never seen before, not even similar. The book is also good and inspiring.
Rating: 5 / 5
CSS Artistry brings fresh ideas on how to write pages and tries to point out the idea of semantic web. I believe that is the way to go in the future. Andy gives very nice ideas and guide how to achieve that. DVD also talks about box model and inheritance. Thanks to this DVD I understood what relative really means and how cascading works. Lucas
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is not a css book. This book is a guide of which steps you should do when you design a web site. Andy will give you very useful advices:
– First thing the content and then design layout
– Follow standards. When and why.
– Create one markup and many designs through css
– shows you which html elements will be more useful in different situations.
– How to manage different navigation software and versions.
– Semantic content. Micro formats
I really like it. It’s well written and very good edited. The only drawback it’s that dvd content and book content it’s very similar so probably spend 20$ more in the pack (book + dvd) maybe is not interesting thing.
Rating: 5 / 5
CSS ARTISTRY provides a book/dvd package perfect for learning CSS, pairing tested design techniques and numerous visual examples with keys to understanding the latest in web design specifications. From initial design tips to advanced topics such as microformats and CSS modules, this package makes for a unique self-teaching tool and is highly recommended for any CSS student.
Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch
Rating: 5 / 5