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Adobe's social media platform that pursues the value of “to showcase and discover creative work”. Used by a variety of schools, including the Art Center College of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Arts, and Savannah College of Art and Design.
Behance was founded in November 2005 by Matias Corea and Scott Belsky. It generates revenue by selling banner ads, job postings, and tickets to the 99U conference. The first external funding round in May 2012 was $6.5 million from investors including Dave McClure and Jeff Bezos' private investment firm, Bezos Expeditions. Acquired by Adobe Systems in December 2012 for $150 million.
Users can sign up for web/app products to create profiles and organize projects. Anyone, whether registered or not, can 'thank you' and comment. Co-founder Belsky provided an art showcase comparing Behance's first online portfolio to DevianArt and Saatchi's digital community.
Adobe Portfolio is Behance's DIY web design application. A personal portfolio site creation tool on the web that syncs with the projects you upload to Behance. Adobe Portfolio requires an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription.
Content on the Behance service is exposed in specific categories such as fashion, industrial design, and typography. Served StieIt is provided on a network called In September 2010, many categories were added, including branding, digital art and toy design. In April 2012, advertising, art, and architecture were added as categories.
99U is a New York City consulting service and annual conference focused on marketing. The name 99U comes from Thomas Edison's saying that "genius is 1 % inspiration, 99 % sweat". [10] In 2011, 99U won the Webby Award for “Best Cultural Blog”. [14]
Every Tuesday morning, a designer with 16 years of experience curated Collect design trends.
