Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
Narrowing Down Your Style
A course by Frances Odera Matthews , Certified Notion Consultant
Joined November 2021
About the video: Narrowing Down Your Style
Overview
“The key to having a good design style is to stick to a few key elements or motifs. So, it's important to assess your sources of inspiration and pick key elements that you want to bring forward into your work. I'll show you how!”
In this video lesson Frances Odera Matthews addresses the topic: Narrowing Down Your Style, 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
“ Narrowing Down Your Style In this lesson, we'll be narrowing down your design style. It is great to be inspired by a lot of things, but the key to having a good design style is being consistent with a few elements. You've been creating this inspiration board, but now it's time to narrow down the key themes that are jumping out to you that you can bring across into Notion. Have a look at the type of imagery and colour. We'll be working through that in the course guide, and I will jump into that now with you. Once you have your design elements, make a note of them on this page here, in the ...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Notion for Creative Projects
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Web Development

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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