Danielle Mondo – Mondo Design

Mondo Design Began as a Part-time Hobby, Influenced by a Passion for Design and Friends With a Desire for Unique Accessories to Adorn Themselves. Sarah Ezzy-dickson Chats to Danielle Mondo, the Owner of Mondo Design.

- Danielle Mondo

DANIELLE MONDO FIRST began making jewellery around five years ago after becoming disenchanted with the latest lines in fashion accessories available on the market. She started off by teaching herself how to make dangly earrings, as that was what she found to be popular at the time. They became a huge hit amongst her friends who started placing orders almost immediately, which gave her the inspiration to start up her own label. Mondo Design was born, and around three years ago, Danielle started supplying stores around Melbourne with her jewellery.

Danielle describes her style as a combination of contemporary and vintage styled pieces, which allow her to showcase her attention to detail. She uses brass and pewter stampings, semi-precious stones, Czech glass beads and Swarovski crystal in combination with modern cameos, diamantes, chains and carefully selected feature beads to create pieces that are effortlessly feminine.

Before dedicating her life to her passion, Danielle worked in a full-time office job that she became bored with quickly. Having studied industrial design at university, she decided to go back to her designing roots part-time for a few years, and after seeing her workload increase steadily over those years she took the plunge and resigned from her job. She says ‘there was no real plan, everything just fell into place. Overall it’s a great job!’