Danni is one of the most amazing people to work with in helping to bring your unique vision to life. I have had the opportunity to work with her on two projects on behalf of the Compass Institute, a local disability charity on the Sunshine Coast.

Since joining Compass in 2020, part of my vision has been to find new and interesting ways to help express to our community, the beautiful, vibrant, creative personalities and the incredible potential of the young people with disabilities that we support. Through working with Danni, we have been able to transform and activate two of our unique social enterprises in Nambour – Wabi Sabi Creations in C-Square, and Compass Connections Café on Nambour Connection Road. These enterprises have now become iconic destinations in the community and have helped to attract new clientele, who subsequently have the opportunity to be transformed themselves by coming into our spaces and being served by and engaging with local people with disabilities. This has helped us to gain more exposure and further our organisational mission.

In bringing these projects to life, Danni was able to stretch out of her own comfort zone as a designer and really understand the essence of Compass and how we wanted to be represented. We worked together amazingly as a team through various design reviews, where I found Danni to be attentive to our needs, flexible, adaptive and also very engaged and creative in her approach and suggesting interesting ways to bring concepts to life. Danni was also able to adapt and work with us within a very tight budget and timeframe, and went the extra mile to make both projects successful.

I couldn’t recommend Danni highly enough for anyone wanting an incredible designer who is creative and has impeccable taste, alongside being humble, adaptable, trustworthy and a beautiful all-round human.

Sandra Brodie, Head of Business and Growth at the Compass Institute