Kristin Kelly Colombano met Marcus in 1995 (they married later in 1996) and took over Avantgarde when he moved to NuvoMedia. She spent the next three years building the Avantgarde business into a successful graphic design studio focused on providing corporate identity, business systems, collateral, advertising, web site development, and package design services. Kristin’s success in producing cutting-edge work for her clients was a direct result of a complementary combination of her fine arts background and expertise in digital design.

Meanwhile, Marcus worked to launch eBooks to both the consumer and publishing markets. Kristin also had her hand in the eBook space as she worked on various promotional campaigns with the in-house NuvoMedia marketing group.

In August of 2000, it was clear that Avantgarde was ready for yet another metamorphosis. Working successfully together through a client/agency relationship, Kristin and Marcus formulated a partnership to reinvent Avantgarde as a full service marketing and design agency. Since it’s new inception, Avantgarde has delivered successful integrated marketing programs for both large and small businesses in high-tech, specialty and boutique, real estate and non-profit markets. With the ever-changing world of technology, Avantgarde is dedicated to grow its business and maintain hands-on expertise from its founding partners on every client project.