Book + DVD
About the Workshop
Spend the day with authors Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte in this unique, one-day workshop. You’ll walk away with a copy of their latest book, Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design, Video Edition (which includes the Bulletproof Essentials DVD). Dan and Ethan will present the book’s content live throughout four, takeaway-packed sessions (followed by Q&A).
Walking you through the crafting of a fictional case study, Handcrafted CSS: A Day of Markup & Style the workshop will share the details that matter most when designing for the web. By encouraging “progressive enrichment” to utilize advanced CSS and CSS3 properties that work in browsers today, to reevaluating past methods and best practices and fluid, grid-based layouts. Dan and Ethan will show how craftsmanship can be applied to flexible, bulletproof, highly efficient and adaptable interfaces that make up a solid user experience.
Schedule
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Intro |
|---|---|
| 9.15 – 10.30 | Bulletproof CraftsmanshipMore info coming soon. |
| 10.30 – 10.45 | Break |
| 10.45 – 12.00 | Crafting Layouts with CSSThe fluid grid, creating your own framework, and more. |
| 12.00 – 1.15 | Lunch |
| 1.15 – 2.30 | Progressive Enrichment with CSS3Learn how to apply advanced CSS and CSS3 properties that work today. |
| 2.30 – 3.45 | Craftsmanship DetailsMore info coming soon. |
| 3.45 – 4.00 | Afternoon break |
| 4.00 – 5.00 | Q&A and Site ClinicA chance to ask Dan and Ethan anything you’d like about the day’s sessions, and have your own site critiqued and discussed. |
| 5.30 – | After partyMeet and greet with Dan, Ethan and other workshop attendees at an amazing location TBD. |
Your Hosts
Dan Cederholm
A web designer and author living in Salem, Massachusetts, Dan is the founder of SimpleBits, a tiny design studio.
A recognized expert in the field of standards-based web design, Dan co-founded the wine community site, Cork’d and has worked with Google, MTV, ESPN, Fast Company, Blogger, Odeo (and others), also collaborating with Happy Cog on selected projects. He embraces flexible, adaptable design using web standards through his client work, writing, and speaking.
Dan is the author of two best-selling books: Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (New Riders) and Web Standards Solutions (Apress/Friends of ED). Dan also runs a popular blog where he writes articles and commentary on the web, technology and life. And he plays a mean ukulele.
Ethan Marcotte
A web designer/developer living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Ethan works as a Senior Designer for Happy Cog, a design studio with offices in New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. 
With over a decade of experience working online, Ethan has worked with such clients as New York Magazine, Harvard University, and the World Wide Web Consortium. His work demonstrates a deep-seated passion for the intersection of quality code and compelling design.
Ethan is currently collaborating with Happy Cog founder Jeffrey Zeldman on the third edition of Designing With Web Standards (New Riders, forthcoming). He is also a contributing author and technical editor at A List Apart, the magazine for people who make websites. He has been a featured speaker at An Event Apart, the SXSW Interactive festival, AIGA’s In Control conference, and several Boston-area universities.
He spends entirely too much time online, and would like to be an unstoppable robot ninja when he grows up. Beep.
Location
Wallacespace St Pancras LONDON
The Carson Workshop will be taking place at a Wallacespace venue, centrally located only a stone’s throw from St Pancras, King’s Cross and Euston stations. It used to be the Callard & Bowser toffee factory and all of the rooms have high ceilings and large factory windows ensuring that the spaces are flooded with natural light from morning to evening. The worshop will be held on the 2nd floor in the 'Big Room' and the adjacent rooms.
Find out more about Wallacespace and the location: http://www.wallacespace.com/location_sp.html
