Email Standards Project: Bring the Bling
Now that we’ve officially launched the Email Standards Project, we want to spread the word as far as we can, so the right people hear about it. Every person who believes that email standards are important needs a way to show it on their site or brochure or forehead.
We thought about creating some ‘I support Email Standards’ type badges on our own, but then it occurred to us that we had tons of talented designers who probably have some fantastic ideas for pimping the project. All of that talent should not be wasted!
So this is your chance: Create a website badge, come up with a great tagline, design a t-shirt, sticker or tattoo - be as creative as you like in coming up with something that you and other people could use to spread the word and show support for the Email Standards Project.
You can grab a copy of the logo and get cracking, just make sure to keep it positive in nature. Send your work to us by email or leave a comment on the post and we will share them here. Whether you design something yourself, or just use someone’s design on your site, your support is really valuable.
This project is fantastic and well worth the effort! Having to explain to my client why we can’t make nice e-mails in Lotus Notes, or even if we do, it won’t look the same in any other client, gets old after a while. I will be checking up regularly!
Please upload a vector version of the logo so I (and other designers using Illustrator or Inkscape) can get started on some badges and such. The png won’t translate well for different sizes and media (t-shirts, etc). Thanks!
Thanks for the kind words Doug, much appreciated. We’re working on the vector version now and will have it posted shortly. I’ll make sure I update the post as soon as it’s available.
We can’t wait to see what you guys come up with.
Hey Doug, you’ll be pleased to know that 3 vector version of the ESP logo are now available for download. Make sure you let us know what you come up with.
Thanks Dave! The format is perfect. I will be sure to show you some ideas as soon as I have them done! Thanks for getting this up so quickly!
Dave -
So psyched to see this launch. The badge is on my <a href="http://iamyellingcanyouhearme.com>blog</a>, nothing fancy, but once I launch my business site, I do something better ... I also see T shirts in the making ;)
Wow ....
how about this - blog. The shame!
I too have had to explain to clients that their emails don’t arrive how they are sent so am an avid supporter of this cause
It would be nice to see Outlook 2003 and Express as well.
Agreed.. this is a ritous project.
I agree with Snorii Pall, It would be a great help to have outlook 2003 and express in there too.
Thanks for the kind words guys. Snorri and Sam, the purpose of the project is to help email client developers fix the current problems with their emails clients, so we’re only focusing on the latest versions of that email client so they know where to go from here.
If you’re looking for a full rundown of CSS support for older but still popular email clients, check out this report.
Just found the project through the status message of a friend in skype. Interesting. RSS feed is in my reader now
Very Nice Site! Thanks!
good document
..Now that we’ve officially launched the Email Standards Project, we want to spread the word as far as we can, so the right people hear about it. Every person who believes that email standards are important needs a way to show it on their site or brochure or forehead....
that’s really good
That is a cool project. I will add this to my rss. If you need a new logo than please let me know by email. I am a graphic designer.
Really nice stuff. Good work of you guys. Keep it on :)
Interesting Projekt and its worth supporting! A good standard would mean more freedom and creativity in our daily email-communication! I´m not a designer but i look vorward to a design-button or something to support the projekt and spead the message!
Really great project! Hopefully many designers spend time for creative ideas.
Thanks for your great site. Standards in email is a good thing. I hope you find many supporters.
Super Project! Good luck with it!
[...but then it occurred to us that we had tons of talented designers who probably have some fantastic ideas for pimping the project.] Bring the Bling is a very clever idea. And it seems that it really works! Regards, Goedkope
I think the orange box with the white type on it isn’t too bad for a start. I will see if I can come up with something useful. The color scheme, orange / blue, isn’t too bad either. Overall I really like the design of this site. Very neat!
I think the orange color scheme and light nluer work really well
hi , very nice post !
I like the website badge
Looks gorgeous. Why change anything?
This is a great project. I will grab a copy of the badges and put it on my blog.
really like what you’ve done here
that was an amazing post here
I too have had to explain to clients that their emails don’t arrive how they are sent so am an avid supporter of this cause
really like what you’ve done here ..
I love your idea. Thanks!
that was a fantastic post there..thanks
amazing post there..thanks
... I’m a french graphic designer - newbee in web design - and just discovered this great site trying to find solutions for my mailings using html and CSS rather than prozac! I really agree that it would be neat to get some standards out there before I get a serious headache…
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