online on demand marketplace for artists founded 2006 founders martin hosking peter styles paul vanzella headquarters melbourne australia products customized products with original art work revenue aud 115 million 2016 number of employees 170 2016 website redbubble.com 1 redbubble is an australian online marketplace for print on demand products based on user submitted artwork . the company was founded in 2006 2 in melbourne australia and also maintains offices in san francisco . the company was listed on the australian stock exchange in may 2016 rbl.ax . contents 1 overview 2 awards 3 controversy 4 references 5 external links overview edit redbubble formerly stylized as redbubble operates primarily on the internet and allows its members to sell their art work as decoration on a variety of products . products include prints t shirts hoodies cushions duvet covers leggings skirts and scarfs . 2 an executive described the company as a community of artists who upload their artwork in digital form . 3 4 the company offers free membership to artists who maintain the copyrights to their work regulate their own prices and decide which products may display their images . 5 the company was founded in 2006 by martin hosking peter styles and paul vanzella after raising 2 million in investor capital . 2 3 in march 2014 it was reported that 51 900 artists have successfully sold their creations on redbubble generating more than 15 million au in earnings . at the time it was estimated that eight million unique viewers hit the site every month . 6 in 2015 redbubble raised 15.5 million au in funding from various investors including melbourne based acorn capital and london based investor piton capital . since its inception over the past 8 years redbubble has grown exponentially both in capital growth and artist community alike . 7 since february 2015 redbubble has been running an artist residency program at their melbourne australia office . the purpose of the program is to enable selected artists with the opportunity to produce artwork at redbubble artist studio while collaborating with other artists . the program is viewed as an opportunity for artists to develop their artistic talent and gain exposure in a nurturing artist focussed environment . 8 awards edit since 2008 redbubble has been nominated and won a series of awards including may 15 two hermes awards platinum for redbubble blog gold for redbubble website 2 december 13 pixel awards nominee art november 13 smartcompany web awards 2013 best company website over 20 employees december 12 deloitte technology fast 500 asia pacific 2012 winner november 12 deloitte technology fast 50 2012 winner october 12 brw brw fast 100 september 10 web marketing association outstanding achievement in web development august 10 smart company award best website under 20 employees march 10 aimia finalist cultural or lifestyle social media february 10 next web runner up most likely to change the world november 09 deloitte technology fast 50 rising star runner up september 09 web marketing association outstanding achievement in web development july 09 telstra business awards finalist myob small business june 09 interactive media association finalist top 10 sites of 2008 may 09 the webby awards nominee community august 08 interactive media association two best in class awards june 08 brw 3rd ranked australian 2.0 website 9 10 controversy edit in june 2011 the register and the age reported that artists on redbubble were offering t shirts images taken from the satirical online comic strip hipster hitler . in may 2011 arnold bloch leibler a law firm with connections to the australian jewish community severed their business relationship with redbubble . 11 three weeks later on 5 june 2011 the age reported that redbubble s ceo martin hosking who defended the work as free speech 12 said the guidelines would be changed to prohibit parodies of genocide and the holocaust as well as other material likely to cause deep offence . 13 hosking s decision to prevent artists from selling the merchandise was applauded by the simon wiesenthal center as being responsive to both artists and the jewish community . 14 on 12 and 15 june 2011 articles by digital media company ninemsn and news web site stuff.co.nz reported that artists on redbubble were selling baby clothes featuring pictures of hitler osama bin laden and serial killers ivan milat ted bundy and charles manson . 15 16 on 16 june 2011 co founder hoskings left his position at aconex to focus on his job as ceo of redbubble . 5 17 according to a 9 september 2011 article in the herald sun more than 100 children s items remained on sale some with four letter swear words and drug images . 18 in 2012 the la times reported that due to a spirit of entrepreneurship and outrage for the controversial death of trayvon martin artists on redbubble were offering a hoodie with a version of a neighborhood watch sign which warns darkly we immediately murder all suspicious persons . 19 references edit investor information redbubble . shareholders.redbubble.com . retrieved 2016 09 26 . a b c september 15 2011 redbubble profile businessweek retrieved april 14 2012 a b mbs entrepreneurs launch australia s biggest online art gallery . melbourne business school . june 2007 . retrieved 6 april 2012 . editors of photopreneur 2009 new media entertainment 1 99 ways to make money from your photos retrieved april 14 2012 a b ryan paul october 1 2007 building online marketplaces anthill magazine retrieved april 4 2012 http venturebeat.com 2014 03 07 street cred art sales site redbubble eyes 80 million year http blog.redbubble.com 2015 05 redbubble investment http blog.redbubble.com 2015 02 introducing redbubbles artists in residence http www.redbubble.com p 25 awards and media http blog.redbubble.com 2015 05 redbubble wins two hermes awards apostolou natalie 3 june 2011 . lawyers dump redbubble over hitler hiptsters the register retrieved april 23 2012 http www.startupsmart.com.au pr top 10 pr disasters of 2011 201112084 803.html munro peter 5 june 2011 . don t mention the war artists reminded that hitler s no joke . the age . retrieved 15 june 2011 . wiesenthal center praises online retailer for dropping hipster hitler products . simon wiesenthal center . 6 june 2011 . retrieved 10 april 2012 . cairns lois 12 june 2011 . serial killers feature on baby clothes . stuff.co.nz . retrieved 15 june 2011 . serial killer baby clothes spark outrage . 9news . 11 june 2011 . retrieved 15 june 2011 . aconex appoints simon yencken as chairman . aconex.com . 16 june 2011 . retrieved 18 june 2011 . o brien susie 9 september 2011 anger at porn images on baby clothes herald sun retrieved april 23 2012 fausett richard april 2 2012 trayvon t shirt roundup la times retrieved april 14 2012 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title redbubble & oldid 741439406 categories companies established in 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