News
22 November 2007
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
Workshops for Web People hosted an event aimed at 'advanced users of CSS who are familiar with meaningful, accessible markup'. We sent Darren along to hear what Andy Clarke (www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk) had to say...
What we learnt:
About Workshops for Web People:
Workshops For Web People (www.wfwp.co.uk) aim to deliver quality workshops tailored to the needs of todays web designers and developers. Learn from leading experts, network with like minded people and take your knowledge to the next level.
About the Speaker: Andy Clarke
Andy Clarke has been working on the web for almost ten years. He is a visual web designer based in the UK and started his design consultancy Stuff and Nonsense in 1998. As lead designer and creative director, his clients include national and international businesses, charities and government bodies.
- See markup in a new light, from the content out
- 'Advanced’ CSS selectors and know how best to use them
- Know how to push what is possible with today’s CSS
- Tackle browsers issues within a progressive web design workflow
- Move forward with progressive techniques in actual client work
About Workshops for Web People:
Workshops For Web People (www.wfwp.co.uk) aim to deliver quality workshops tailored to the needs of todays web designers and developers. Learn from leading experts, network with like minded people and take your knowledge to the next level.
About the Speaker: Andy Clarke
Andy Clarke has been working on the web for almost ten years. He is a visual web designer based in the UK and started his design consultancy Stuff and Nonsense in 1998. As lead designer and creative director, his clients include national and international businesses, charities and government bodies.
Andy is a member of the Web Standards Project where he redesigned the organization’s web site in 2006. He is also an invited expert to the W3C’s CSS Working Group. Andy regularly educates web designers on how to create beautiful, accessible web sites and he speaks at workshops and conference events worldwide. He writes about design and popular culture on his blog, All That Malarkey and is the author of Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design.