Stop treating Dark Mode like an afterthought with Annett Forcier

Dark mode isn't coming. It's already here. And if you're treating it as an afterthought, your logo is disappearing, your brand colors are shifting, and your carefully designed email looks like it was built by someone else entirely. Annett Forcier, founder of EmailBoutique and email design systems consultant, joins us to break down why dark mode is a design problem before it's ever a code problem, and how she delivers the bad news to clients before a single template gets built. Try RGE Studio free for 15 days. Build better emails with your whole team. No credit card required. https://reallygoodemails.com/studio EmailBoutique https://www.emailboutique.io/ Annett on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annettforcier/ Beefree: Dark Mode Email Design: https://beefree.io/blog/dark-mode-email-design Litmus: The Ultimate Guide to Dark Mode for Email: https://www.litmus.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-to-dark-mode-for-email-marketers Fixing Gmail's Dark Mode Issues with CSS Blend Modes: https://hteumeuleu.medium.com/fixing-gmails-dark-mode-issues-with-css-blend-modes-1b26174fcfd9 00:00 Annett Forcier 00:34 What is Dark Mode? 03:10 Accessibility And Variants 04:05 Design First Not Code 04:46 Style Guide To Set Expectations 08:57 Why Not All Images 11:19 Getting Started Resources 12:14 Logo Solutions And Hacks 18:46 Icons And Illustration Prep 22:00 CSS Tricks For Text 24:51 Choosing Dark Mode Colors 27:38 Testing And Client Expectations 28:53 Pixel Perfect Myth 29:40 Educating Stakeholders 30:42 Email Style Guides 32:23 Client Reality Check 33:17 Email Review Setup 33:29 Nothing 37:25 DoorDash 41:26 Inverse Newsletter 42:34 Claude 48:06 Outro