But rather than complaining, Dan Davies, a web designer and front-end developer from North Wales, actually decided to do something about it. Supported by fellow North Walian and designer, author and speaker Andy Clarke, Davies launched Print to CSS (https://www.dan-davies.co.uk/print-tocss), a side project in which he recreates some of the print layouts he’s seen and liked online using CSS Grid. We caught up with him to find out more.
Could you briefly introduce yourself to anyone who doesn’t know you?
I’m Dan, a web designer and front-end developer from North Wales, currently working in Manchester for an ecommerce agency called Space48. I’ve been in web design for nearly 20 years, starting out with Dreamweaver and layers through to tables, floating divs and now CSS Grid and Flexbox. I’m as grumpy as people make me out to be and, although I say I hate people, I care about my teammates.
You’re best known for your Print to CSS project. Could you tell us about that?
I adore print magazine design and wondered if, by using CSS Grid, I could get the same results on the web. Using grids is nothing new, so this wasn’t revolutionary, but it’s maybe something web designers could be pushing more in their work. So I thought maybe I could give it a go and improve the quality of my own work in the process.
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