SI26 Display
This page develop a sensible, linguistic, technical, visual and cultural approach of the CSS display property.
prompt:
- we write an intuitive understanding of what Display is about
- we write a list of what the word "Display" mean to us in context outside of CSS
- for each of those value keywords, we write an intuitive understanding of what they do, using analogies and metaphors
- for each of those value keywords, we try to understand when it was implemented and why where the reason to add it to the standard, with references
- for each of those value keywords we'll try to find online examples, through the inspector and screenshots
- for each of those value keywords we'll ask: how much is it about web-materiality, how much is it borrowing from other design practice
- block
- inline
- inline-block
- none
- table
- flex
- grid
example of displays in culture
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sv%C3%A6rtegade_3_-_shop_windows_02.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Easter_PoS_Display.JPG
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Feather_of_male_Pavo_cristatus_(Indian_peafowl).jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TalaveraDisplayFranzMayer.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gallery_of_Old_European_Painting_Campin.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Standard_web_banner_ad_sizes.svg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fallblattanzeigetafel_ausschnitt_ffm_hbf.jpg
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MacBookEeePCNintendoDS.JPG