Dan Rubin
Dan is a highly accomplished user interface designer and usability consultant, with over ten years of experience designing and developing interactive user interfaces. He has developed and implemented UI’s for clients ranging from large corporations to small non-profits. Dan is an expert in User Interface Design, Information Architecture, User Experience, Typography and an excellent Copy and Technical Editor. Since founding his studio in 1995, Dan has specialized in brand-centric design for print and the web, including brand and identity development, e-commerce systems, and kiosk design and implementation. Clients include Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Geffen/Universal Media, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, and many more.
Dan is a leading designer and developer in the fields of web standards and usability, specifically focusing on the use of web standards (XHTML and CSS) to streamline development and increase flexibility and accessibility. His contributions to the web community have been published online and in print, including The Zen of CSS Design (New Riders, 2005), The Principals of Beautiful Web Design (Sitepoint, 2007) and MacPeople Magazine (Japan’s largest circulation computer publication), and he co-authored Pro CSS Techniques (Apress, 2006) and Web Standards Creativity (friends of ED, 2007), and was a contributing author to the 2nd Edition of Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation (Apress, 2004).
latest articles
Mar. 16th The Havana of the 50s: I remember it well
TAKEAWAY: Anyone who wishes to reminisce or to discover the Havana of the 1950s and early 60s only needs to turn to the works of that best of Cuban writers, the late Guillermo Cabrera Infante, who died in 2006. Now, a new novel by him is published post-humously, Cuerpos Divinos (Divine Bodies), and it is yet another postcard of the city of my childhood. I remember it well, including Cabrera Infante’s widow, the actress Miriam Gomez, with whom I acted in a long running play in Havana. AND: Images from my iPad sketches PLUS: Romania Libera one day after: some talk about “pill box” logos
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design audit
Is your publication or web site as good as it could be? The Garcia Media design audit can help answer this very important question. We analyze your publication or web site thoroughly, paying special attention to how it looks, how it reads and how it keeps the readers’ attention. Then we deliver a complete report, with specific ideas on how to improve and gain more readers.