Dave Shea is a
Canadian
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web designer
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and co-author of ''
The Zen of CSS Design
''The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web'' is a book by web designers Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag, published in 2005.
Content
The book is based on 36 designs featured at the CSS Zen Garden resource, an online showcas ...
: Visual Enlightenment for the Web''.
[Shea, Dave and Holzschlag, Molly E..]
“The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web”
Peachpit Press. (February 17, 2005)
He is known for his work in
web-standard development—from his design community project
CSS Zen Garden
The CSS Zen Garden is a World Wide Web development resource "built to demonstrate what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design." It launched in May 2003.
Style sheets contributed by graphic designers from around the world ar ...
to his active contributions at the
Web Standards Project
The Web Standards Project (WaSP) was a group of professional web developers dedicated to disseminating and encouraging the use of the web standards recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups and standards bodies.
Foun ...
(WaSP). Shea is also a writer “for a large global audience of web designers and developers on his popular blog, Mezzoblue�
Dave Shea - WaSP Member emphasis on original. The Web Standard Project and is the founder and creative director of Bright Creative in Vancouver, BC.
Publications
Along with co-authoring his own book with
Molly E. Holzschlag
Molly E. Holzschlag (born January 25, 1963) is a U.S. author, lecturer and advocate of the Open Web. She has written or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including ''The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web ...
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Shea has contributed to online magazines ''
Digital Web Magazine
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'' and ''
A List Apart
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History
''A List Apart'' began in 1997 as a mailing list for web design
Web design en ...
''. His web work has been featured in publications such as ''Page Magazine'', ''Stylesheet Stylebook'', ''Linux Format Magazine'', ''PIXELmag'', and ''DMXZone''
Award(s)
*Shea was awarded Best of Show 2004 at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in
Austin, TX
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.
Dave Shea - WaSP Member
The Web Standard Project.
Interviews
Digital Web Interviews Dave Shea
CSS Beauty - Dave Shea Audio Interview
See also
* CSS Zen Garden
The CSS Zen Garden is a World Wide Web development resource "built to demonstrate what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design." It launched in May 2003.
Style sheets contributed by graphic designers from around the world ar ...
* Cascading Style Sheets
References
External links
CSS Zen GardenBright Creative Web Studio
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Web designers
Web developers