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David DeSandro’s guided portfolio & new-age image map

May 18, 2010 By Sophia Lucero Leave a Comment

David DeSandro portfolio

Aside from creating brilliantly art-directed articles that push the limits in with the latest HTML and CSS features, David DeSandro is redefining at least two classic site features at the same time with his Portfolio page: The portfolio format. Most portfolios consist of image thumbnails with either short or detailed descriptions about each project undertaken. […]

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