Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner’s Cafe Kristall has garnered praise from critics and shoppers alike for the restaurant’s exciting, modern interpretation of Austrian cuisine. Located within a Swarvoski Crystal store in New York’s Soho neighborhood, the restaurant’s decor offers a luxe ambiance to diners.

Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa, in Montclair, New Jersey, offers unpretentious luxury. When the salon moved to a grand, 10,000-square foot former Masonic temple that had taken more than two years and $3.2 million to renovate, it needed a branding that reflected the transformation and drama of its new home.

New York-based Gallin Design Studio has won numerous awards for its architecture, interior design and planning. It emphasizes adaptable designs, rendered with contemporary style.

This online lifestyle magazine is geared towards a new type of professional: 25-45 year-olds who spends their free time on the edge. The site covers the hobbies of the thrill-seeking leisure class, such as surfing, skateboarding, snow sports and yoga, and highlights travel destinations as well as vital gear to help their readers escape the nine-to-five grind.

Robyn’s Nest Foundation is a non-profit organization that was created to assist new parents in raising their children. We created a brand identity for Robyn’s Nest Foundation that uses images of an adult and baby bird to reflect the organization’s cause.

(to launch Spring 2012)
Urban Help is a community-based platform aimed at simplifying the service industry. It allows individuals and companies in the service industry — anything from construction to graphic design to healthcare and makeup and more — to easily advertise their expertise to others. It also provides a means for companies and individuals to solicit services they need.

A revolutionary wave of protests has rocked the Arab world for more than a year. Popular uprisings, notably in Egypt and Tunisia, toppled long-term governments, showing protesters overtaking authoritarian regimes.
At this time of unprecedented change, Meastock.com, an online media brokerage website, is poised to capture events in the region from the eyes of ordinary citizens. The Egypt-based website gathers video and photographs from citizen journalists in the Middle East and promotes the material to buyers all around the world. The video portal makes the content available for news agencies around the world, with the journalists earning a commission of all sales their media generates.

Merc Box is a financial services company based in New York City.

Roving CFOs, a forward-thinking financial services company, helps small businesses gain control of their finances. It offers a variety of services that aid companies in streamlining operations, reporting accurate financials and negotiating contracts.

Established in 2009, Let There Be Bite is an online specialty food guide that helps users find, buy, and cook high quality, healthy food. It targets epicureans who value health as much as flavor.

A marketing, public relations and events firm, New York-based Bianca Sultana specializes in the fashion and retail markets.

Lilac & Lilies, a Fort Lauderdale-based clothing boutique, offers clothing and accessories for fashion-forward women. Founded by FIT graduate Michelle DiMarco, the website and boutique strive to bring customers current styles from emerging and established designers.

Art/Trek NYC is a new reality television show focused on new and emerging artists in New York’s five boroughs. The show and its host travel from borough to borough to meet artists, who then compile an impromptu show of their work for neighborhood residents. One of the five artists will be selected to have a solo gallery show, which will be featured in a future episode. The show airs on NYC life.

RVP Interior Collections specializes in customized interior design as well as audio/visual and home automation packages from some of the most talented designers in the business. The company is a leading source for customized furniture and design packages.

NY Wiring provides a number of network solutions for homes and small and large businesses. The company provides consultative services, installation and repairs, as well as point-of-sale and security systems for restaurants and retail business.

Taryn Brodie, a new company based in New York, specializes in winter clothing.

The Virgin Hair Fantasy offers quality hair extensions made entirely from human hair, free of harsh chemicals or coloring. The company offers a variety of textures for its customers.

Dr. Tony Nakhla, known as “America’s Dermatologist,” has been featured in dozens of media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, SELF and ELLE. Highly regarded as a skincare and beauty expert, Dr. Nakhla is also the author of the best-selling book, “The Skin Commandments: 10 Rules to Healthy Beautiful Skin.”

Upholstery Store Wine Bar is Chef Kurt Gutenbrunner’s fifth establishment, tucked into a former New York upholstery store. Intimate and romantic, the West Village wine bar predominantly features Austrian wines and food.

Founded more than a decade ago, Noyack Medical Partners is a leading healthcare real estate investment and operating company. It operates in the acquisition, development, financing, physician-ownership, leasing and management of healthcare properties.

Jewelry company Altruette offers a unique line of philanthropic charm bracelets and necklaces. Each charm represents a nonprofit organization, or “cause partner,” which receives half of the net profit from the sale of the charm. Altruette’s goal is “to create beautiful objects to further beautiful causes,” say the founders, two former journalists.

Bella Me is an upscale women’s clothing boutique that offers a variety of modern styles for women.

Photos.com—a division of Getty Images – partnered with Mars Design in its website makeover contest in which it gave one lucky business a website makeover. The website was financed by Photos.com, who asked Mars Design to partner with it to design and develop the website.

Cheeky Monkey Jewelry is committed to creating jewelry from reclaimed materials. Its diamonds and gemstones are either recycled or fair trade, purchased with assurances from a reputable fair-trade dealer. “We use only the most beautiful Earth-friendly materials, recycled certified metals and Fair-Trade gemstones to create fashionable jewelry that doesn’t cost the Earth,” founder Simon Cardwell says.

Vikki Healey Properties is a real-estate group comprised of three top RE/MAX realtors who made the bold decision to branch out on their own. 

QUICKTRIM products help remove toxic build-ups and burn calories, leaving its users feeling healthy and rejuvenated. Reality television personality Kim Kardashian and her sisters Kourtney and Khloe famously endorse the products. The affordable weight-loss solutions are available nationwide in food, drug, mass, health food, independent pharmacies and wholesale clubs.