The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web By Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS, combined with lean markup can deliver stunning visual design using much less code than older HTML-driven layouts and provide far more efficiency and flexibility for the designer. Inspired by the creative possibilities of this approach to Web design, Dave Shea created the CSS Zen Garden (www.csszengarden.com). The Idea was simple and elegant: Take some well-written HTML and invite designers to apply their CSS skills to create wildly imaginative designs, and then post the underlying CSS code on the site for others to study and use. From its humble beginnings in 2003, the Zen Garden has grown to include nearly 150 designs form around the world and has set the standard for high-quality Web Site design using CSS. In The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web, renowned Web designers Molly Holzschlag and Dave Shea walk you through 36 of the most inspiring designs in the Zen Garden. Here are just a few things you'll find in the Garden: * Examples of stunning CSS-based Web designs * Tips for using typography to enliven a design * Clever CSS hacks and techniques plus how to future-proof your CSS * Secrets of CSS for top Web designers and developers * Efficient use of graphics for faster Web page downloads Dave Shea is a graphic designer and the creator of the CSS Zen Garden, which has won awards including "Best of Show" at the South by Southwest Interactive conference. He is a noted speaker and his work has been featured in books and magazines around the globe. Dave is also a member of the Web Standards Project (WaSP), a group of dedicated Web developers and designers who promote Web design based on cross-platform, non-proprietary technologies. Dave is the owner of Bright Creative, a Web design agency, and he maintains his online publication, mezzoblue.com. The author, instructor, and Web designer Molly E. Holzschlag (www.molly.com) has written over 30 books on Web design and development. She's been coined "one of the greatest digerati" and deemed one of the top 25 Most Influential Women on the Web. Molly is also a member of the WaSP steering committee and a frequent lecturer at Web design and development seminars around the world.