Customer Template Gallery Archives

Template: Grow Wellington Newsletter

Posted by Mathew Patterson on March 6, 2008 4:04 PM

Having just visited Wellington myself for Webstock myself, I was glad to this newsletter for Grow Wellington. It's aim is to "drive growth in exports, to help create a strong and vibrant Wellington regional economy".

There's a lot of content to cover, and this template is clean, readable and effective. The colours are bright without being distracting, and overall it does a great job of getting the information across, and presenting the next step for readers to take.

Designer:  Heliocell  |  See the complete design

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Template: Jemboutique

Posted by Mathew Patterson on September 21, 2007 4:26 PM

Our customer template today sports some beautiful graphical touches that create a unique email design.

Particularly effective is the alternate background for the main story leading to the repeating section below. Note the custom "show this to my mate" image link, carrying through the fun personality from the website to the email. Overall, a great template that has a sense of completeness to it.

Designer:  The Digital Consortium Ltd  |  See the complete design

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Template: Luxus Living

Posted by Mathew Patterson on September 17, 2007 5:25 PM

A rich and luxurious feel for this newsletter perfectly matches the emails content.

Great use of icons for each header make it a breeze to browse and spot the sections your are interested in, and it is all in all a well executed piece of email design.

Designer:  TopDraw  |  See the complete design

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Template: Stradbroke Weddings

Posted by Mathew Patterson on September 12, 2007 3:57 PM

When you are dealing with a large amount of text in an email, your template needs to be carefully designed so as not to create an overwhelming effect.

This template by Brisbane based design firm Propeller is simply but thoughtfully built. We particularly like the web version, forward to a friend and unsubscribe links right up front, and the effective use of the table of contents to jump into the long copy sections.

Designer:  Damien Buckley  |  See the complete design

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Template: Urban Leader

Posted by Mathew Patterson on September 3, 2007 12:59 PM

Designing for a government department would create some unique challenges! This is a nicely constructed and attractive corporate design from the New Zealand Ministry for the Envrionment.

The typography is nice and clean, and we really like the strong header and footer that give the reader a quick way of identifying the email. An excellent design that feels contemporary without being flashy.

Designer:  Springload  |  See the complete design

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Template: Texture

Posted by Mathew Patterson on August 24, 2007 1:05 PM

A delicious design for the "interactive community of the best Wellington businesses, events, bars, shops, cafes and restaurants" known as texture.

Very rich colours and some nice worn graphical touches feature in the design, and it all works well to strengthen the brand. Our suggestion would be to make the header a link to the main website - it's an obvious place to click.

Designer:  Breathe Communications  |  See the complete design

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Template: Honda Presentations

Posted by Mathew Patterson on August 17, 2007 12:45 PM

Another great design from the Rawnet team is today's customer gallery entry.

The big, bold heading is in actual text, although it looks like an image, which is the best of both worlds. We are also impressed with the soft colour palette and graphical touches supporting the email content. This combination would still hold together very well without images loaded, important for a design agency.

Designer:  Rawnet  |  See the complete design

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Template: Larissa Ness

Posted by Mathew Patterson on August 9, 2007 12:05 PM

This sleek newsletter and tour schedule for the musician Larissa Ness makes good use of a simple two column structure.

The informational text above the header is an excellent practice - even if the images are not showing it lets you know who is sending the email. It's great design, but we'd suggest adding the permission reminder to the top too, that explains how people signed up.

Designer:  earph  |  See the complete design

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Template: White label dating

Posted by Mathew Patterson on July 31, 2007 3:26 PM

White label dating is not, as you might think, being able to go on pre-prepared dates and swapping in your partner of choice.

In fact, it is a service/application provider to dating sites, and their newsletter has a cool and professional appeal to it (unlike many dates!). The general feel matches the idea of a well designed but rebrandable service very nicely.

Designer:  Rawnet  |  See the complete design

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Template: Pulp non-fiction

Posted by Mathew Patterson on July 26, 2007 3:28 PM

A simple and friendly design that is very recognisable is today's entry.

We love the hand drawn feel for this design, which could easily be the basis for many types of message. One simple recommended improvement would be to style the unsubscribe link to match the content.

Designer:  Jim Lee  |  See the complete design

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Template: William Russell

Posted by Mathew Patterson on July 17, 2007 12:27 PM

This broker bulletin is a sharp and stylishly designed email by the team at Unite Form.

It's full of nice design touches - the horizontal table of contents works particularly well in this case.
 

Designer:  Unite Form  |  See the complete design

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Template: Circus Mind

Posted by Mathew Patterson on July 6, 2007 11:51 AM

This newsletter is a great example of small touches making a big impact.

Working from on one of our free templates, Dave has applied some beautifully executed background images and textures to create something with a unique feel. Nicely done.

Designer:  Dave Bias  |  See the complete design

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Template: Conference Works

Posted by Mathew Patterson on June 29, 2007 8:57 AM

A clean, attractive conference inviation /newsletter is today's gallery entry.

The email header is a variant on the main website but is used to good effect with the webversion link and unsubscribe info. We'd like to see that footer as html instead of an image though.

Designer:  Tim Anderson-Bonsor  |  See the complete design

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Template: Iconoclast

Posted by Mathew Patterson on June 25, 2007 3:52 PM

Making one medium look like another one is a risky strategy, but icon.inc pull it off here.

The animated gif is a fun inclusion, balanced by the great table of contents and the clean, single column copy. It's a job well done for the team.

Designer:  icon.inc  |  See the complete design

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Template: Maître Philippe

Posted by Mathew Patterson on June 18, 2007 2:59 PM

Don't view today's gallery if you are hungry (especially if you speak German!). The newsletter for Maître Philippe features warm colours that suit the food and drink displayed.

We also like the heading typography, which breaks up the sections and ties into the logo nicely.

Designer:  Propeller  |  See the complete design

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Template: Golden Bay

Posted by Mathew Patterson on May 18, 2007 10:26 AM

Today's entry shows the impact of a simple and well executed idea. The dark background frames the email and grabs your eye.

The photo provides a striking entry point, and the attractive typography completes the effect.

Designer:  Lucid Design  |  See the complete design

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Template: Yates Garden Club

Posted by Mathew Patterson on May 9, 2007 2:55 PM

This fresh and appealing design works well for the Yates Garden Club newsletter.

There is a lot of useful information in the newsletter, and the design ties it all back into the main Yates site.

Designer:  Red Ant Design  |  See the complete design

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Template: Revver

Posted by Mathew Patterson on April 30, 2007 2:57 PM

Video (and revenue) sharing site Revver has constructed an attractive and highly readable newsletter.

It focuses your eye on the important content, and the spotlight section particularly grabs the readers attention when scanning down.

Designer:  Revver  |  See the complete design

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Template: 10 in the bed

Posted by Mathew Patterson on April 4, 2007 12:33 PM

This funky newsletter for 'Mums and kids' gear store 10 in the bed caught our eye recently.

It's a wider design than typical, and we love the sense of space and relaxation it provides. The small graphical touches tie the design together and the overall feeling is fun and friendly, perfect for the email's topic.

Designer:  Anna Spargo-Ryan  |  See the complete design

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Template: Dig This

Posted by Mathew Patterson on March 27, 2007 12:58 PM

Even designers and developers need to go outside occasionally, and it's nice to know some people are looking after things out there.

The 'Dig This' newsletter for the gardening stores has great earthy tones and an organic feel. We also like the use of photos in the right column. A great design that really matches the content of the newsletter

Designer:  Ben Johnstone  |  See the complete design

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Template: I Bought a Mac

Posted by Mathew Patterson on February 20, 2007 3:17 PM

Newcomers to the Mac will eagerly welcome this email from the team at iBoughtaMac, a collection of information for the first time Mac user

We loved the laid back design, with it's big and friendly feel. Check out the great introduction to the email in the left column, with a permission reminder and link to the website.

Designer:  Derek Punsalan  |  See the complete design

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Template: Parehua Newsletter

Posted by Mathew Patterson on February 15, 2007 3:46 PM

If you're already pining for a holiday, don't visit the Parehua Country Estate site. You'll only be tempted even further by the beautiful photos.

The newsletter uses restrained, relaxing colors and a simple layout to let the photos do the talking. Nicely done!
 

Designer:  Catch Design  |  See the complete design

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Template: Booby Birds

Posted by Mathew Patterson on February 5, 2007 4:38 PM

'Good design for a good cause' describes today's entry. Booby Birds is a sky dive event raising money for breast cancer charities.

The newsletter is simple and effective, using a relaxed color scheme that gets out of the way of the content, and also ties nicely into the site design.
 

Designer:  Ben Ausden  |  See the complete design

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Template: Avalon Real Estate

Posted by Mathew Patterson on January 31, 2007 3:39 PM

This newsletter from Avalon Real Estate features a well structured single column design and good use of color.

The action buttons in the email header are a nice reminder to their customer of their services, and also give quick access to key parts of the website. The large headings make the content quickly browseable.

Designer:  Gersey Labs  |  See the complete design

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Template: Rainshadow Labs

Posted by Mathew Patterson on January 30, 2007 4:00 PM

Rainshadow Labs is a manufacturer of personal care products, and their newsletter is an attractive combination of informative and personal. We like the way that the structured content boxes are offset by the organic background images.

The use of peoples in the photos gives a much more human feel than the typical manufacturing newsletter, something which matches the companies approach to business.

Designer:  Shona Friedman  |  See the complete design

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Template: Hotel Säntispark

Posted by Mathew Patterson on January 9, 2007 1:58 PM

Matching your design to the service it is discussing is a key skill in creating a successful email campaign. Today's gallery item from Milos Radovic for the Hotel Säntispark in Abtwil, Switzerland, displays this beautifully.

Milos makes use of clean lines and a subtle color palette to design an email that feels as professional and sophisticated as the hotel's own photos do. Even though it is not in English, the layout and structure make it simple to understand.

Designer:  Milos Radovic  |  See the complete design

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Template: Rosie True

Posted by David Greiner on December 14, 2006 5:16 PM

Great use of color brings this design from nGen Works to life. The brown tones and pink highlights support the copy without overwhelming it, and the photo heading the featured item completes the look.

For the newsletter writers at Rosie True, this simple template gives them the flexibility to use various types of content while maintaining the brand feel.

Designer:  Varick Rosete  |  See the complete design

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Template: Code Computerlove

Posted by David Greiner on December 8, 2006 4:47 PM

We instantly fell in love with this slick email newsletter from UK based Code.

The table of contents placement is fantastic design wise and to give their recipients a good idea what to expect from preview panes. The fantastic illustrations really add a fun feel to the design which is clean, easy to read and very consistent with their recently updated web site.

We've been seeing more and more clever uses of the template tag structure, and this is a great example of a simple but flexible repeater layout that looks great with a little or a lot of content.

Designer:  Jono Brain  |  See the complete design

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Template: Womenspecific.com Newsletter

Posted by David Greiner on November 14, 2006 3:24 PM

Today we're highlighting a fantastic MailBuild template for Womenspecific.com, a women’s gear and camp review site designed by Wyoming based Open End Studios.

I loved the idea of using floating blocks of content for each repeater item in the template. This creates a great visual separation between each story and also makes the email very easy for their recipients to scan. The template also makes good use of the Table of Contents, Forward to a Friend and web version tags.

This template is also another great example of a CSS based design that looks great in modern email clients and degrades gracefully in older email environments or those with less CSS support.

Designer:  Clay Preheim  |  See the complete design

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Template: Riverside Reminders

Posted by David Greiner on November 2, 2006 2:47 PM

Today we're featuring another great template design from Livingston and Partners for Florida based Riverside Presbyterian Day School.

The template design makes great use of the range of tags available in MailBuild. The design is also completely CSS based and looks great in all email environments, even those such as Gmail where it elegantly degrades into a much simpler design.

With this awesome design and the already featured River City Church template, Livingston and Partners really are setting the standards high for what you can do with MailBuild.

Designer:  Jon Livingston  |  See the complete design

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Template: Ottimino Newsletter

Posted by David Greiner on October 13, 2006 6:06 PM

Today we're featuring a great looking MailBuild template put together by Eye Design Studio for the Russian River Valley based Ottimino winery.

The newsletter makes great use of the repeater tag (although this particular issue only has one main story) and the subtle decorative elements throughout really finish it off.

This is also a great example of good use of the Forward to a Friend tag in the footer of the email to encourage recipients to pass the newsletter on to their own friends/colleagues.

Designer:  Shona Friedman  |  See the complete design

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Template: Code Job Alert

Posted by David Greiner on October 4, 2006 1:20 PM

We loved the clean design of this sweet looking MailBuild template by UK based new media Agency Code.

The great use of whitespace and large text makes the email extremely easy to scan, but we think it's also the subtle decorative elements that really finish it off.

The team at Code tell us there are plenty more great templates on their way, so we're really looking forward to seeing what they come up with next.

Designer:  Jono Brain  |  See the complete design

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Template: Chalk Talk

Posted by David Greiner on September 18, 2006 12:02 PM

This great looking monthly newsletter template for Brisbane based Chalk Hotel caught our eye recently.

The email follows the standard 2 column format and does a great job of promoting upcoming events at the hotel. We also love their innovative Chalk Apprentice idea and the newsletter does a good job of keeping everyone in the loop about its progress.

Great to see a newsletter that looks fantastic and is complimented with great content.

Designer:  Chris Mackie  |  See the complete design

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Template: River City Church

Posted by David Greiner on September 14, 2006 4:28 PM

Today we're highlighting a fantastic looking email template designed by Florida based Livingston and Partners for River City Church.

Originally sent using Campaign Monitor, the design team have seamlessly converted it to a great looking MailBuild template the church can update and deliver themselves. Here's a few of the design elements they get right:

• Link to a web-based version of the email in the header.
• All important headlines and links are text and not images.
• The most compelling content to encourage an open (the newsletters highlights) are in the top left, great for preview panes.
• They ask their recipients to add their sending email address to their address book to improve the chances of images being displayed and the campaign not being filtered as spam.

If you're looking for any inspiration when designing templates for your clients, this is a great place to start.

Designer:  Jon Livingston  |  See the complete design

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Template: Springfest Lawn Party

Posted by David Greiner on August 23, 2006 12:05 PM

Today we're highlighting a simple email template for the Australian Jockey Club's Springfest Lawn Party.

The design includes a larger introductory section followed by smaller repeating items for the main stories of the newsletter. These stories also populate a table of contents in the top left of the email. The designers have also included quick links to relevant information on the Springfest site.

From personal experience I can say that Springfest is definitely something worth promoting and this email does a great job of doing just that.

Designer:  Switch I.T.  |  See the complete design

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Template: The Eclectic Eye

Posted by David Greiner on August 17, 2006 2:07 PM

Just like the ever growing Campaign Monitor design gallery, we plan to use the MailBuild blog to showcase some of the amazing template designs our customers are creating for their clients.

To get this party started, we're highlighting a great template by Tennessee based Inferno for their client Eclectic Eye.

The great looking 2 column template allows their clients to enter one main story and a number of upcoming events their customers might be interested in. We also loved the idea of giving their recipient's a 10% discount on their next purchase if they print the newsletter and bring it in to the store.

We've got plenty more templates to highlight, so stay tuned.

Designer:  Inferno  |  See the complete design

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