Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
Sourcing Design Inspiration
A course by Frances Odera Matthews , Certified Notion Consultant
Joined November 2021
About the video: Sourcing Design Inspiration
Overview
“Most of us have a design style, even if it is unconscious – you're naturally drawn to aesthetics. In this lesson, I'll talk about likely and unlikely different sources of design inspiration which could influence your style.”
In this video lesson Frances Odera Matthews addresses the topic: Sourcing Design Inspiration, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects. Learn how to combine Notion’s powerful no-code toolbox with design thinking to build pages with function, style, and heart.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson, we're going to be talking about your personal design style. Every single one of us has a different design style images that we're attracted to, colours that we like. And in this lesson, we're just going to explore all of that. So for me personally, I definitely have a very bold aesthetic that I'm attracted to. If I just scroll through my saved design folder on Instagram, you can see immediately that I love really graphic outlines, bold colors, pastels. And that's definitely what I'm attracted to most in marketing and I will definitely bring across some of these elements i...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
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Frances Odera Matthews
A course by Frances Odera Matthews
Frances Odera Matthews is a certified Notion consultant and the founder of The Notion Bar, an initiative focused on creating customized digital solutions and products for businesses. Originally from West Africa, Frances grew up in the UK and studied abroad in the US and Spain, exploring economics, design thinking, project management, and UX design across many different industries. Her multicultural and multidisciplinary background inspired a love for blending human experiences creatively and conceptualizing innovative solutions.
Through commissioned projects, Frances learned to take a step beyond Notion’s focus on productivity and explore its more artistic applications, creating functional yet aesthetic pages and templates in collaboration with The Notionette, aNotioneer, and many more. She has been featured as a speaker on podcasts such as Hunger Geeks, and she has also shared her knowledge with her community by leading seminars for No Code Lab and Notion’s Block by Block.
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