Dominique Russell

Branded Environments

Completing the Swinburne University double degree of Business and Design, majoring in Marketing and Branded Environments, Dominique has been able to explore and appreciate the interconnection of these two fields and the importance of thinking from a business and marketing point of view when designing any space. She is excited by the multiple disciplinary aspects of design, from experience design, interior design, graphic design, branding to styling. Dominique would like to pursue a career which incorporates both her degrees, being able to utilise the skills and knowledge she has gained from her time at Swinburne.

Dominique wants to be a designer who is transparent, listens, understands, gains insight, empathises and explores new ideas allowing for an optimal and impactful outcome. Whether that be to a brand, a space, a community or an environment, her goal is to move people and make them feel at peace in a space.

She is proficiently trained within the Adobe Creative Suite, specifically in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Outside of her studies, Dominique spends the majority of her time with her family and friends. She loves connecting with her family and friends, always trying to create new experiences and memories with them. Since COVID-19, Dominique has delved into cooking and baking, making her own bread from scratch. When she isn’t baking or with her friends, you will find Dominique watching and quoting ‘Friends’ with her siblings.

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Acknowledgement of Country

The School of Design and Architecture respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and knowledge-keepers of the lands, waters and sky that surround us, where we work, learn, create, communicate and make place. We recognise that sovereignty has never been ceded and this always was and will always be Wurundjeri Country. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who continue to make a better world through design.

We extend our acknowledgement to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, students, alumni, real-life clients, and knowledge keepers, who have contributed to our own education diversity and growth. We will continue to ensure that staff and students respectfully honour ancestral connection to Country and Place in everything that they do.

We are dedicated to the notion of design to make a better world and we acknowledge that making tools, shaping place, sharing stories, making meaning, wayfinding and collaborating have long been and continue to be both central and integral to First Peoples' cultures. We recognize that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ cultural contributions have continued relevance to design practice and commit to: reconciling ancestries of design and contemporary practice as well as pursuing culturally and professionally appropriate ways to engage with a diverse population of colleagues, industries and clients. In a time of treaty-making and voice we understand that there are overlaps between caring for Country and the sustainable production of goods, services, experiences, products and buildings.

Guided by the principles of respect, reconciliation, and reciprocity we undertake to indigenising and decolonising design practice by dismantling colonial structures and challenging biases that have marginalised Indigenous voices and design.

As students of SoDA you will be given opportunities to both engage with and educate yourself in Indigenous creative practices and cultural protocols through a lens of inclusivity, diversity, respect, mutual understanding, inter-cultural dialogue in all aspects of design practice. Indigenous people have been telling stories, making tools, and connecting to Country through visual media, placemaking and place marking for more than 60,000 years and these practices are part of an ongoing, evolving and live tradition.