Threadless, founded in 2000 by Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart, is an online community and e-commerce website based in Chicago, Illinois. It started with a focus on screen-printed graphic T-shirts and expanded to a wide range of products including apparel, accessories, and home decor.
Threadless designs are created and chosen by an online community, with a unique business model of crowdsourcing and co-creation. The company has grown significantly, being recognized as 'The Most Innovative Small Company in America' by Inc. in 2008.
Threadless also acquired Bucketfeet, a shoe company specializing in artist-designed footwear. The brand is known for its strong community focus, supporting over 2.4 million artists and designers. Threadless emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and artist compensation, offering a platform for artists to sell their designs and earn royalties. threadless is tagged under Art Community.
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