Dave Shea (web designer)

Dave Shea is a Canadian web designer, author, and speaker, best known for his contributions to the field of web standards, particularly his advocacy for CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). He co-authored the book "Designing With Web Standards," which popularized the concept of separating content (HTML) from presentation (CSS). Shea also created the CSS Zen Garden, a website showcasing the power and flexibility of CSS by allowing designers to submit different visual designs for the same underlying HTML markup. This project significantly impacted web design by demonstrating the benefits of standards-based development and inspiring a generation of web developers to embrace CSS. His work has been instrumental in promoting accessibility, usability, and maintainability in web design.