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CSSDeck

Combine Dribble with Spinning-Coke-Can CSS antics, and you get CSSDeck, a collection of useful and not-so-useful pretty looking things made out of pure CSS and HTML. Although we probably don’t need a BMW Logo made out of the finest CSS, the showcase does its job in presenting the power and flexibility of the tools currently at the front-end developers disposal.

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The Periodical

The most recent entries in the Periodical and Reviews sections:

• Tina Roth Eisenberg, perhaps better known by her swissmiss moniker, is a 'Swiss Designer Gone NYC', with an eye for beautifully designed products that she writes about at swissmiss. She lives and works in NYC. We asked Ms Roth Eisenberg a dozen questions…
• AIGA have long fought the good fight against crowdsourcing, clearly articulating the very real issues that plague the 'winner takes all' approach to sourcing design by subcontracting it to the masses…
• In 2009, Andy Baio - a writer and entrepreneur who helped build Kickstarter - ate his own dog food and launched a Kickstarter project called 'Kind of Bloop'. The idea was elegant, and one we immediately fell in love with…

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HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions

Learn how to build hand-crafted web pages using well-structured XHTML and lean and efficient CSS. By embracing a web standards approach, HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions enables you to create web sites that not only look great in all modern browsers, but are also accessible to a wide variety of audiences across a range of platforms - from those browsing on everyday computers, to those accessing the web on the latest, emerging mobile devices.

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The Authors

In addition to their role as lecturers in interactive design at the University of Ulster at Belfast, where they have been active in promoting a web standards-based curriculum, Christopher Murphy and Nicklas Persson are practicing designers and digital artists. Their work has featured in a variety of design books and magazines alongside numerous internationally respected designers and they are regular speakers at design conferences and workshops worldwide.

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