Berkeley, CA—March 21, 2008 —Peachpit today announced the release of Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web, a new video by renowned designer and author Andy Clarke.

In Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design(New Riders), Clarke sets the stage for the development of progressive Web site design using XHTML, CSS and other Web-standards technologies. In this new video, he follows up on the core principles of transcendent CSS, taking viewers even further along the path to creating beautiful and accessible Web sites using minimal, semantic markup.

Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web shows viewers how to take their design to the next level using typography, microformats, advanced CSS selectors, layout techniques employing floats, positioning, margins, and CSS3. Throughout the video, Clarke demonstrates these concepts using examples from a fictitious Web site, with files included so viewers can follow along.

Inspired CSS: Styling for a Beautiful Web is now available at Peachpit.com. For more information or to view a sample clip, please visit www.peachpit.com/title/0321545621.

About The Author

Andy Clarke, creative director at Stuff and Nonsense, is an internationally known speaker, designer, and consultant focusing on creative, accessible Web development. Clarke is passionate about design as well as Web standards, bridging the gap between design and code. He regularly trains designers and developers in the creative applications of Web standards. Clarke has written articles for A List Apart magazine and contributed to The CSS Zen Garden. Clarke is a member of the Web Standards Project.

About Peachpit

Berkeley-based Peachpit has been publishing the industry's best-selling books on the latest in graphic design, desktop publishing, multimedia, Web design and development, digital video and general Macintosh computing since 1986. Its award-winning books feature step-by-step explanations, time-saving techniques, savvy insider tips, and expert advice for computer users of all sorts. It is the home of the internationally recognized Visual QuickStart Guide series, the design imprint New Riders and its highly popular Voices That Matter series, and is the publishing partner for Adobe Press,lynda.com, NAPP, Apple Certified, AIGA Design Press and others. Peachpit is part of Pearson, the international media company. Pearson's primary operations also include the Financial Times Group and the Penguin Group. Learn more at www.peachpit.com and www.pearson.com.

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