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Daily Design 005 - Designing an Email Newsletter Signup Modal

4,850 views · Published 13 November 2015 · 5:59 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Mackenzie Child · 2015 · Education

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This is the 5th episode in my daily design series, where I'll be designing a new UI element every single day. In this episode I design an email newsletter signup modal for my personal website. 

My goals with this design were to keep it clean & focused on allowing the user sign up, while maintaining the visual guidelines I already had in place for my site. Also, I wanted to consider how this design would ultimately be implemented between various devices (desktop, tablet, mobile).


LINKS & STUFF

Pickup the PSD file here - https://gum.co/BZqTd
Checkout this design on Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/shots/2351147-Daily-Design-005-Email-Newsletter-Signup-Modal
- Soundtrack in this video - Pumping Adrenaline by Niklas Gustavsson

- On Dribbble - https://dribbble.com/mackenziechild
- On Instagram - https://instagram.com/mackenziechild/
- On Twitter - https://twitter.com/mackenziechild
- On the Web - https://mackenziechild.me/


FAQs

- What song is this? 

See above ;)

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- How long have you been a designer?

I've been designing for a bit past 10 years now... As of typing this. So it's probably longer now ;) 

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- I thought you were a developer? 

I do both... Don't limit yourself to one!

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- I'm wanting to learn design... Where should I start? 

I created a mini course for Developers (or anyone wanting to get started with design) who want to learn design, which you can sign up for free on my website at https://mackenziechild.me/developers-learn-to-design/

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- I'd like to hire you to help me solve some [UI / UX / Visual Identity / Branding / Etc] problems.

I'd love to help out. I'm currently selectively taking on projects. Shoot me an email at [email protected] and we can discuss more. 

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- What's your setup? 

I have a 27" iMac with two thunderbolt displays (turned vertically) that I do most of my work on. A 15" Macbook Pro for when I don't want to be stuck in my office. 

I use Photoshop & Illustrator constantly, but also have played with Sketch a bit too (I'm so much faster at Photoshop so it's hard for me to switch). Also, I have a notebook for sketching / notes by my side at all times :) Can't beat pen & paper. 

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- What do you use to make these videos? 

I have a Canon T3i that I use for my intro along with a Rode Videomic Pro to get better audio. 

For lighting I have the cheapest lighting setup around (literally, haha) that I picked up on Amazon. Cowboy Studio Lighting I think it was called... And also a big window helps light a bit.

I use Screenflow to record the screencasts and Final Cut Pro to put everything together. 

I get my music either from my brother who produces music (http://www.michael-child.com/) OR from a site called epidemicsounds.com.

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