BucketFeet
Retail Apparel and FashionIllinois, United States11-50 Employees
Bucketfeet designs limited-edition footwear by collaborating with a global community of artists. The network comprises about 40,000 artists from more than 120 countries, enabling a range of perspectives to be expressed on the shoes. Artists are paid upfront and earn royalties on their designs, which Bucketfeet manufactures and sells exclusively. The company uses a responsive, demand-driven model that lets the artist and customer community help determine which styles are produced. Bucketfeet is based in Chicago, Illinois, and was founded in 2011 by Raaja Nemani and Aaron Firestein, operating in the retail apparel and fashion sector. The company maintains retail studio locations in Chicago and Washington, D.C., and its products have been sold in more than 15 countries.