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Chuck Bidwell and Jen Guarino of J.W. Hulme Co.

Chuck Bidwell and Jen Guarino revive J.W. Hulme Co., a 100-year-old St. Paul company that produces high-quality sporting goods and hunting bags.

October 2009

by Christy DeSmith

HOM Furniture

Thinking Outside the Big Box

HOM Furniture isn’t just about styles and trends, it’s about what customers want.

May 2008

Anne Cashill

Livening Up Liz

Anne Cashill is the brains behind the beauty at Liz Claiborne, where she helps the company cruise along on the fashion expressway.

May 2008

Ward and Maggie Johnson

All-Natural Pet Food Creators

Meet animal lovers and entrepreneurs Ward and Maggie Johnson, owners of Sojourner Farms, and creators of Sojos brand of all-natural, raw pet food.

April 2008

Carol Kaas

Cut & Paste

Inside a tiny storefront in NYC’s West Village, Kaas Glassworks brims with high-end, handmade decoupage items. Artist and former Minnesotan Carol Kaas creates all the designs in a workspace below the shop.

April 2008

Sarah Kusa

Sarah Kusa

Sarah Kusa kissed corporate America goodbye to nurture her creative side. Today she creates screen-printed place mats, dishcloths, and table runners.

March 2008

Bianca Morales-Eagan and Debra Pesek

Bianca Morales-Eagan and Debra Pesek

Meet Bianca Morales-Eagan and Debra Pesek, the mother-daughter duo behind Tinker Bella, an interior furnishings and design company specializing in unique fittings and embellishments for the home, as well as a decorative painting service.

February 2008

Commercial Appeal

Commercial Appeal

From cool furnishings to warm architectural finishes, the best in Twin Cities commercial design is anything but conventional.

February 2008

Julie Allinson

Julie Allinson

Meet Julie Allinson, designer of eyebobs—funky and irreverent readers with tongue-in-cheek names such as Old Money, Adult SuperVision, and Hostile Makeover.

January 2008

Andrew Comfort

Andrew Comfort

Meet Minneapolis architect Andrew Comfort, inventor of Q-Ba-Maze, a captivating, open-ended creative toy. (Oh, and he also used to design museums with Polshek Partnership Architects in NYC.)

December 2007

George Moskal

George Moskal

George Moskal started out creating clothes for his sister's Barbies, so it's no surprise he is known for his female-form–enhancing designs.

November 2007

Kara Richter

Kara Richter

Richter and her business partner Samuel Mangiere carry the season’s hottest handbags so middle-American fashionistas can too.

October 2007

The Art of Retail

The Art of Retail

These savvy local retailers bring the best in gifts, fashion, and accessories to the Twin Cities’ shopping landscape.

Shops 2008

Jennifer Wiacek

Jennifer Wiacek

Twin Cities Supper Club started out with a list of about thirty people and has since grown to include more than 750 area professionals.

September 2007

Carly Stipe

Carly Stipe

Carly Stipe is a contemporary fiber artist and maker of duct tape purses.

August 2007

Mary Laurel True

Mary Laurel True

Augsburg College’s True thinks globally in a rapidly shrinking world.

July 2007

Hot Rocks

Hot Rocks

Kim and Linda Renk, sisters and designers of six-year-old fashion jewelry line Sequin, have hit the “must have” lists of department store buyers.

June 2007

Maxine Davis

Maxine Davis

Maxine Davis launched Every Life Is a Story, a company that makes documentary-style movies to record family histories.

June 2007

Beth Baker

Beth Baker

Beth Baker: paper lover, word nerd, and creator of Gillfoy Paper Arts.

May 2007

Mary Flaa

Making Faces

Makeup maven Mary Flaa helps celebrities look like stars.

April 2007

Tracy Arnold (right) and Tracy Dyer

Tracy Arnold and Tracy Dyer

Tracy Arnold and Tracy Dyer left their marketing careers to start the designer handbag line Urban Junket.

April 2007


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