Threadless.com is the phenomenally successful T-shirt company with millions and millions of tees sold since it began in 2000. It pioneered the online business model of crowd-sourced or community-driven design, in which people submit designs that are voted on by the site's 1 million users and printed. Over the past 10 years, the company has amassed a vast archive of very cool, very hip, and often very entertaining designs, and Threadless is a spectacular showcase of 300 of the very best T-shirts created by the community--a barometer of art and design over the past decade. Much more than a book of extraordinary graphics, Threadless tells the extremely interesting story that inspired Inc. magazine to hail Threadless.com as "the most innovative small company in America." There are also profiles of individual designers and "think pieces" from influential admirers, including design guru John Maeda, Jeff Howe of Wired, and bestselling business/marketing writer Seth Godin.
2000-2004 6
The Accidental Business by Jake Nickell 12
This Is Not About T-shirts by Seth Godin 28
Featured Designer by Ross Zietz 36
2005 42
Power to the People by Jake Nickell 48
Featured Designer by Glenn Jones 58
What We Learn From Threadless by Scott Belsky 64
2006 70
It's a Revolution by Jake Nickell 76
Who Will Replace General Motors? by Karim R. Lakhani 84
Featured Designer by Olly Moss 90
2007 98
Designs with a Story by Jake Nickell 104
Actions and Inventions Come First by Jeff Howe 114
Featured Designer Chow Hon Lam aka Flying Mouse 120
2008 126
A Perfect Little Community by Jake Nickell 132
Threadless Is a Perfect Example of "Artonomics" by John Maeda 142
Featured Designer by Aled Lewis 148
2009 158
Insane Amazingness by Jake Nickell 164
Who Knows Best? by Karen Wong 176
Featured Designer by Julia Heglund 180
2010 192
An Awesome Decade by Jake Nickell 198
Be Amazing, Be Revolutionary by Blake Mycoskie 210
Featured Designer by Enkel Dika 216