In the past year, we covered everything from fancy-lookin' customer emails to email makeovers to (lots of) mobile design tips. In this roundup, we're sharing the best design-related posts on the Emma blog.

1. Building a slice and dice campaign: Instead of compromising email deliverability with one big image, we taught you how to code an image into smaller slices.

2. Designing emails for smartphones: Guest blogger Anna Yeaman, creative director of Style Campaign, shared her top six mobile design tips.

3. Research, inspiration and doodling: Taylor Schena offered a behind-the-scenes look at her design process.

4. Stylishly formatted email campaigns: We featured five customers with effective content arrangements in their emails.

5. HTML code for email layouts: We gave you access to the code of Emma's content layouts to use and adapt if you're building campaigns with an Upload Your Own HTML template.

6. More mobile tips: Miles Price weighed in with more design tips for crafting emails for mobile devices.

7. An email makeover: We highlighted a refreshed email strategy and brand new look for Rumours Wine & Art Bar in Nashville.

8. Animated GIFs of the future: Cody De Vos paved the way for using animated GIFs in your email campaigns.

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