The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

Chapter . Corporate ZenWorks

From competition to concord

<authorgroup>Derek Designer Hansen</authorgroup>

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UPON FIRST DISCOVERING the CSS Zen Garden, Derek Hansen was astonished by the thought and effort that went into creating many of the designs. He was already in the process of switching to a standards-based approach in his own work, so the idea of submitting a design appealed to him.

For inspiration, Hansen let a competitive desire to add something unique to the Garden drive his ideas. He went through each existing design meticulously. Attracted to those designs with a strong theme, he decided he wanted to create something ...