Society6
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Founders
· Founded 2009 · Santa Monica, California, United States
In 2009 in Venice Beach and Santa Monica, California, Justin Cooper, an art-loving digital producer, was trying to help a talented artist friend obtain an exhibition in a prestigious gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery circuit was notoriously closed, demanding high gallery commissions of 50% or more, while requiring thousands of dollars in advance framing costs that young working artists could never afford. Cooper reunited with his talented designer and developer friends Justin Brotherton and Lucas Kelly. Together, they asked a radical question: *'Why does an artist need permission from an art gallery owner to sell their work to people who love it?'* They launched Society6 as an invitation-only online community of elite digital painters, street artists, and illustrators. To solve the fatal problem of inventory risk, Cooper and Kelly built a software integration with high-end commercial digital textile and fine-art giclée printers. An artist uploaded a single digital file; a customer in Tokyo or London ordered a framed print or an iPhone case; the manufacturer printed, packaged, and shipped the item within 48 hours; and the artist received an automated cash royalty deposit without ever lifting a roll of packing tape. Word spread virally through the global creative arts community, turning Society6 into an international design sensation.
Society6 was founded in 2009 by Justin Cooper, Justin Brotherton, Lucas Kelly in Santa Monica, California, United States.
The founders established Society6 with the objective of solving core inefficiencies in E-Commerce, Print-on-Demand Marketplace, Independent Artist Community & Home Decor, laying the foundation for its current global scale.
Even as Society6 scales to $120M, the organization maintains the founders' commitment to innovation and customer-centric execution.