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Build.

By Blake Haswell

September 24, 2009

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Designed by Good on Paper

This is an awesome newsletter for the Build web conference. It employs a similar style to their website but has been simplified to suit the restrictions of email.

The use of large headings creates a clear structure, while the large body text makes for an easy-to-read newsletter. We also really like the sweet social networking and RSS links at the bottom of the newsletter.

One possible improvement would be to use plain text for the logo, but overall this is a job well done.

Posted in: One column, Newsletter

In The Mix

By Blake Haswell

September 19, 2009

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Designed by Warne Marketing

Wow, we love this newsletter from Warne Marketing. The header is awesome, and the simple color scheme really makes it leap off the screen. We also love the stylized icons, which complement the articles perfectly.

Overall a very readable and well-executed design.

Posted in: One column, Newsletter

Leadership Management Australia

By Blake Haswell

September 18, 2009

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Designed by Newism

This two-column newsletter from Leadership Management Australia is a great example of organising a lot of content and creating a consistent structure which maintains readability.

The large headings and use of colour make it easy to identify new sections and links in the content area, while the sidebar is similarly structured making it easy to identify the various sections and headings.

Another nice feature is that for the most part this e-mail is still easy to read with images turned off, despite the fact that a lot of images have been used in the header.

Posted in: Two column, Newsletter

Blick

By Blake Haswell

September 17, 2009

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Designed by Lovely

Brilliant.

That's the only way to describe this invitation from the folks at Blick Shared Studios. The layout is simple but it's brought to life by the pastel colors and that fantastic guitar illustration.

Another nice touch is that all of the copy (including those gorgeous headings) has been written using actual text, rather than images.

Posted in: One column, Invitation

Desktop Create: 2009

By Jarrod Taylor

September 12, 2009

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Designed by Niche Media

We quite liked the strong, primary-colored design approach to this invitation for Desktop Magazine’s coveted Create Awards ‘09. It’s bold, it’s cool and would have definitely appealed to Desktop’s subscribers when it landed in their inboxes.

Being constructed mostly of text, the design is sturdy and compatible across a range of email clients. There are a couple of images that finish off the design, so a webversion link is smartly included at the top of the email incase there is trouble loading. An overall nice design.

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Frost Design

By Jarrod Taylor

September 09, 2009

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Designed by Frost Design

Great studio. Great work. Great campaign.

We liked this campaign for its simple, straight up and down design. Because the template colors are restricted to black and white, the featured work really stands out and captures the reader’s attention.

We also thought the use of a horizontal table of contents with the inclusion of thumbnails was refreshingly different to what you see in a lot of other campaigns.

Lastly, we liked to see that Frost have used our forward to a friend, webversion and preference center features within their campaign design.

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Arrows & Icons Magazine

By Jarrod Taylor

September 08, 2009

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Designed by Transit Design Studio

Arrows and Icons Magazine has a great visual style. This campaign closely matches the appearance of their website; a refreshing color palette of oranges and warm grays with a strong emphasis on iconography and typography.

This announcement email is kept clean and simple, with just the right amount of information, delivered in a bright, cheerful manner.

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Liquid Creativity

By Jarrod Taylor

September 05, 2009

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Designed by Liquid Creativity

It is not everyday we see an email campaign crafted with such attention to detail. The style is nice and clean with plenty of white space, in the same tune as Liquid Creativity’s website. This space leaves the campaign’s content free to breathe and be read without clutter.

Implemented by Acorn Web, all deliverability issues and email clients have been considered with this robust design. If images are suppressed when delivered to your inbox, you would not even know it. A great touch we really liked was the styled alt text for the “liquid” image heading. Go ahead, click through to the preview, turn the images off and see for yourself!

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Australia Post

By Stig Morten Myre

September 02, 2009

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Designed by Rodeo

Here’s a cool and well-structured email from Australia Post’s Letters of a Nation campaign. The screenshot and illustrations supplement the text nicely, and the red flowing ribbons used throughout the design tie it all together.

Notice how there’s a text link alternative for every call to action image. Also, we highly recommend a dive into the letters archive for some fascinating pre-email gems.

Posted in: Two column, Announcement

jQTouch

By Jarrod Taylor

September 02, 2009

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Designed by David Kaneda

jQTouch is a jQuery plugin for WebKit browser development on forward-thinking devices such as the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre. If you are designing for these platforms, you will definitely find some usefulness in David Kaneda’s beta release.

The range of gray tones make this campaign dark, sleek and cool and the little squints of green are great for highlights. Plus, sexy iPhone images always do well to capture a reader’s attention.

The campaign doesn’t need to say a lot, as this is a much anticipated release for mouth-watering subscribers. If you are interested in having a look, head over to the jQTouch website to download for yourself.

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