Director of Inclusive Product Design, Target
Dominique Mueller has been with Target Corporation for 15 years, across different directorship roles from Textile Design Director, Design Director of Pillowfort & Cloud Island, to Director of Inclusive Product Design. Prior, she was with JCPenney for three years as Art Director and at May Merchandising Company for nine years designing apparel. Personally, Dominique is a Vietnamese refugee who grew up in the marginalized community of Ferguson, MO. Work supporting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is dear to her heart. It is important for Dominique to take the power of her platform, education, skills, and lived experience to drive social change.
Path to Purposeful Design
Dominique will share her backstory and the lived experiences that have swayed the choices she has made in her design career and ultimately shaped her design philosophy. She will share how social economic constraints, racism, and intentional connections can lead to an understanding of shared place and common purpose. No matter what your positionality, it’s about what you make possible for others. We all have a part in evolving a design practice that sees in community a method of discovery and a measure of impact.
