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Meets CSS, April 1, 2025.

😻 Get ready for a few hours of fun, inspiration, and practical learning! We’re hosting three amazing accessibility experts who will dive into modern CSS together with you.

Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned pro, this event has something for everyone. So grab a coffee, settle in, and let’s talk product design!

Register your free ticket and spread the love! We open our virtual doors 15 minutes before we start on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 8 AM PT 🌍 and we’ll finish around 11 AM.

🏃🏾‍♂️‍➡️ 8 AM — Portland (US)
⚽️ 12 PM — Buenos Aires (ARG)
🤖 5 PM — Copenhagen (DM)
⚒️ 8 PM — Tblisi (GE)

We love it when our speakers do live things: they show how they work — their setup, techniques and shortcuts for getting work done in live interactive sessions. So you can learn from their techniques (and mistakes).

Vitaly, the one who loves ironing, front-end, UX and has tons of crazy ideas.


Conference April 1

April 1 – Conference

7:45 AM

Doors Open

8:00 AM

Welcome!

For our upcoming Smashing Meets CSS, our friendly host Geoff will welcome you and quickly explain how the event will run. We can’t wait to meet you!

8:10 AM

The Design of Web Design

The web is fundamentally different from other platforms, built around a radical political vision for resilience, adaptability, and user control. With that vision under threat, the Cascade takes on an almost absurd task – styling unknown content, with unknown collaborators, on an infinite and unknowable canvas, across browsers, languages, writing modes, and device interfaces.

This talk is a dive into the origins of the web, and CSS in particular – the design constraints, the range of strange proposals, and how we got where we are. By the end, we have a better understanding of the cascade, and see the ‘CSS is Awesome’ meme in a new light.

8:50 AM

Micro Interactions in Real UI — The Secret Sauce of Delightful Design

Micro interactions are the subtle, yet powerful details that bring user interfaces to life. From a button’s hover effect to a loading animation, these small moments shape the overall user experience.

In this talk, Julia will explore different types of micro interactions, how to add them to a design system, and discuss how to balance functionality with delight. Whether you're a designer, or developer, you'll find something interesting for you.

9:30 AM

Break

Time for a quick break to stretch those legs, give your brain a rest and get that coffee.

9:40 AM

Can We Do That?

CSS hasn't stopped advancing, and 2025 doesn't show any signs of stopping. It's impossible for anyone to be completely up to date with all these CSS toys, but this talk is a huge step towards fixing that!

We won't go deep, but Adam will go wide, and you'll leave inspired and excited for all the new tools you learned the web platform is providing.

10:20 AM

Panel Discussion

Let's take a little time to discuss the future of CSS together. Bring your questions, and let's get the discussion going!

10:50 AM

Goodbye!

What? The End? Yeahhss. But we are certain you learned something in the process. And luckily there are always the videos, the slides, the collaborative docs, and more. We’ll send them your way shortly. Thank you for joining us & see you again soon! ⛱