our guest this evening, dan wiener of advisor investments. thanks, dan. >> sure thing, thank you. >> suzanne: a chicago company is turning charitable giving into an art form. "threadless" sells tee shirts designed by artists from around the world. what started as a novel idea a decade ago has grown into a booming business. as our series "conscious capital" continues, diane eastabrook tells us how threadless uses its e-commerce clout to help charities. >> reporter: you are witnessing the marriage of art and commerce. inside a massive warehouse with wall-to-wall t-shirts, workers are frantically filling holiday orders. threadless is a community-based design company on chicago's west side. artists submit designs to the company's website and its online community votes for the best ones. winning artists get paid for their work, then 31-year-old co- founder jake nickell mass merchandizes the designs. >> we started with t-shirts, and we've expanded quite a bit. we do iphone cases, water bottles, backpacks, dresses-- tons and tons of stuff, and we're

our guest this evening, dan wiener of advisor investments. thanks, dan. >> sure thing, thank you. >> suzanne: a chicago company is turning charitable giving into an art form. "threadless" sells tee shirts designed by artists from around the world. what started as a novel idea a decade ago has grown into a booming business. as our series "conscious capital" continues, diane eastabrook tells us how threadless uses its e-commerce clout to help charities. >> reporter: you are witnessing the marriage of art and commerce. inside a massive warehouse with wall-to-wall t-shirts, workers are frantically filling holiday orders. threadless is a community-based design company on chicago's west side. artists submit designs to the company's website and its online community votes for the best ones. winning artists get paid for their work, then 31-year-old co- founder jake nickell mass merchandizes the designs. >> we started with t-shirts, and we've expanded quite a bit. we do iphone cases, water bottles, backpacks, dresses-- tons and tons of stuff, and we're

our guest this evening, dan wiener of advisor investments. thanks, dan. >> sure thing, thank you. >> suzanne: a chicago company is turning charitable giving into an art form. "threadless" sells tee shirts designed by artists from around the world. what started as a novel idea a decade ago has grown into a booming business. as our series "conscious capital" continues, diane eastabrook tells us how threadless uses its e-commerce clout to help charities. >> reporter: you are witnessing the marriage of art and commerce. inside a massive warehouse with wall-to-wall t-shirts, workers are frantically filling holiday orders. threadless is a community-based design company on chicago's west side. artists submit designs to the company's website and its online community votes for the best ones. winning artists get paid for their work, then 31-year-old co- founder jake nickell mass merchandizes the designs. >> we started with t-shirts, and we've expanded quite a bit. we do iphone cases, water bottles, backpacks, dresses-- tons and tons of stuff, and we're

dan. supervisor wiener: we talked about different cultural and arts organizations. and the importance of the to the america's cup. we have not talked about other kinds of nightlife and the importance of having a good night light -- nightlife scene who are here for the america's cup and in terms of them enjoying themselves, when they are here, and leaving with a favorable impression. hopefully they come back. nightlife in the city is under tremendous pressure and has been. if you look at some things that are coming down the pike like putting a ton of housing on 11th street which could dramatically reduce nightlife there and other parts of south of market where proposed changes could undermine nightlife. it is a constant struggle. it is critical in the next two years that we have nightlife, a great nightlife remaining for america's cup and we will continue to have that into the future. could you after my editorial is incumbent on the relationship between good night life and the america's cup? >> absolutely. i see it turning into the things in terms of the arts and ent