Trend: Creative Communities Are A Secret Ingredient Bigstock Behance Fotolia Acquired: 2009 Acquired: 2012 Acquired: 2015 Five Shutterstock Adobe Adobe Creative community acquisitions in the last five years. There’s Muzli Deviant Art Dribbble likely going to be more. Acquired: 2016 Acquired: 2017 Acquired: 2017 Invision Wix Tiny It’s important to remember that creative communities are generally “not for sale” in a traditional way. Membership is primarily voluntary, and it is in the pursuit of a common good as the primary driving factor. @johnmaeda @bigstock @behance @dribbble @deviantart Section 2: Design → De$ign 20