A clear story for a broad product
A flexible platform still needs a focused introduction. Brand strategy should identify your audience’s first useful task and connect it to the wider possibilities of the product.
Notion / BRAND INSPIRATION
Create a brand like Notion.
Notion offers a reference for making a flexible work tool feel approachable. A restrained identity, illustration and product-led storytelling give a broad set of possibilities a recognisable frame. The brand invites people to imagine a way of working suited to them.
If you want to create a brand like Notion, start by explaining what users can shape for themselves. Discover branding studios and independent creatives on OpenPitch for software positioning, visual identity, SaaS websites and UX/UI that makes your product’s possibilities clear.
Make flexibility feel easy to begin.
A human character within the system
Illustration and verbal identity can give technical functionality a more personal quality. Look for an approach that adds recognition without making the interface harder to navigate.
A journey from example to understanding
Product demonstrations, templates and website content can show the offer in context. Designers and copywriters should help people see how it could work in their own routine.
Find partners for a thoughtfully presented software brand.
Review SaaS identities, productivity products and information-rich websites. Look for creatives who can explain an adaptable product through specific, useful examples.
Studio Muti
Cape Town, South Africa
Illustration, animation and design studio focused on illustration, typography, lettering, visual identity and animation.
Recorded affinity: entertainment, technology, culture, narrative
COLLINS
New York & San Francisco, US
Independent brand transformation consultancy focused on brand strategy, identity systems, verbal identity, campaigns and digital experiences.
Recorded affinity: technology, entertainment, culture, narrative
Immersive Garden
Paris, France
Independent digital production studio focused on immersive websites, interactive storytelling, digital installations, motion and 3D.
Recorded affinity: culture, technology, entertainment
DixonBaxi
London, UK
Independent brand and creative agency focused on brand strategy, visual identity, motion, campaigns and digital experiences.
Recorded affinity: entertainment, technology, culture
SHIFTBRAIN
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo creative and technology studio focused on brand design, websites, digital products, interactive experiences and motion.
Recorded affinity: technology, culture, entertainment
&Walsh
New York, US
New York creative agency and design studio focused on brand strategy, visual identity, art direction, campaigns and digital experiences.
Recorded affinity: technology, culture, entertainment
Lusion
Bristol, UK
Independent 3D and interactive web studio focused on 3D visual storytelling, immersive websites, motion, AR, VR and creative development.
Recorded affinity: technology, entertainment, culture
DNCO
London, UK
Brand and placemaking studio focused on brand strategy, visual identity, place branding, campaigns and digital experiences.
Recorded affinity: culture, technology, narrative
Gretel
New York, US
Independent branding and design studio focused on brand strategy, visual identity, motion systems, campaigns and digital experiences.
Recorded affinity: entertainment, technology, culture
Plus X
Seoul, South Korea
South Korean brand experience design company focused on brand strategy, visual identity, digital products, websites, motion and spatial experiences.
Recorded affinity: technology, entertainment, culture
This guide uses Notion as a creative reference. Listings do not imply that a creative has worked for Notion or is endorsed by the brand.
A useful question before you begin.
Is this a guide to Notion workspace consultants?
This guide uses Notion as a reference for software branding and product communication. If you need workspace setup or a Notion integration, check that service separately with the provider.