Jessica Rust of Jessica Rust Designs Jessica Rust personalizes her collections with hand-drawn, contemporary designs that cross urban with nature. July 2008 by Abby Van Ness

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Josh and Rachel Berger of Daub & Bauble The Bergers' home and body products aren’t your ordinary, off-the-shelf soaps and lotions. June 2008

The Crate Opens March 13 signaled a new start and the arrival of the much-anticipated furniture collection, both courtesy of Crate & Barrel. June 2008

Rachelle Copeland and Emily Ironi Alexis Hudson’s functional handbags provide “absolute therapy for handbag addicts.” May 2008

Thinking Outside the Big Box HOM Furniture isn’t just about styles and trends, it’s about what customers want. May 2008

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

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

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 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 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 From cool furnishings to warm architectural finishes, the best in Twin Cities commercial design is anything but conventional. February 2008

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 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 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 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 These savvy local retailers bring the best in gifts, fashion, and accessories to the Twin Cities’ shopping landscape. Shops 2008

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 is a contemporary fiber artist and maker of duct tape purses. August 2007

Mary Laurel True Augsburg College’s True thinks globally in a rapidly shrinking world. July 2007

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 launched Every Life Is a Story, a company that makes documentary-style movies to record family histories. June 2007

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