Dave Shea is a
Canadian
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web designer
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and co-author of ''
The Zen of CSS Design: 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 are ...
to his active contributions at the
Web Standards Project
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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,
Shea has contributed to online magazines ''
Digital Web Magazine'' and ''
A List Apart
''A List Apart'' is a webzine that explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on web standards and best practices.
History
''A List Apart'' began in 1997 as a mailing list for web designers, moderated and ...
''. 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.
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 are ...
* 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