CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class (includes full-color Transcending CSS book and 2 1/2-hour Inspired CSS DVD video training) [DVD-ROM]

Andy Clarke (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321584848 | ISBN-13: 978-0321584847 | Publication Date: August 23, 2008 | Edition: 1

“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

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

“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 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

Product Details

• DVD-ROM: 384 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (August 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321584848
• ISBN-13: 978-0321584847
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 9.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,156,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andy Clarke has been called a lot of things since he started working on the web at Stuff and Nonsense ten years ago. His ego likes words like ambassador for CSS, industry prophet and inspiring, but actually he is most proud that Jeffrey Zeldman once called him a bastard

Andy is a member of the Web Standards Project and a former invited expert to the W3C's CSS Working Group. He took ten months out of his life to write the best-selling book Transcending CSS: The Fine Art Of Web Design, but Andy's passion is amazing web design. He loves making designs for the web, writing about design and teaching it at workshops and conferences all over the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Managing creative process on web design, November 10, 2009

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Alvaro Gonzalez Fernandez "Software Developer" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class (includes full-color Transcending CSS book and 2 1/2-hour Inspired CSS DVD video training) (DVD-ROM)

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.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for any CSS student, November 15, 2008

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class (includes full-color Transcending CSS book and 2 1/2-hour Inspired CSS DVD video training) (DVD-ROM)

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

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CSS Artistry = Mastering core and advance knowledge of CSS, May 1, 2009

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Lucas Glib - See all my reviews

This review is from: CSS Artistry: A Web Design Master Class (includes full-color Transcending CSS book and 2 1/2-hour Inspired CSS DVD video training) (DVD-ROM)

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