Transcending CSS

The Web has changed, and so has the art of creating Web sites. Few visual designers are natural programmers, and as a result, visualizing how to work with markup, CSS and a range of programmatic techniques to create beautiful design is difficult. To make things more complicated, most Web design teaching materials focus on the technical rather than the creative. Countless resources and guides focus on semantics, compliance, and validity--and while all important--mean nothing to the creative designer who wants to impress his or her clients and employers with exceptional design without worrying that the way they approach the design will be compromised by creativity-limiting technical issues. So how do creative designers learn to be artistic yet functional? With Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design. This book helps designers understand how to implement highly creative designs by visually demonstrating creative possibilities and how to achieve them using contemporary techniques. In sections on designing within the Web team, visualizing code, and the design workflow, the authors take readers through every phase of the design process--from striking a sensible balance between text and graphics to creating eye-popping special effects