
Piet Terheyden
I’m a designer at heart, but my work has always moved between product, business and systems. I care about how things work, how they feel, and what impact they have.
In 2025 I co-founded Random Access Memories, the company behind Pool, an app that turns your screenshots into something useful. We are backed by General Catalyst and other investors.
I built and ran Minimal Gallery, a well-known website inspiration gallery, for over a decade before selling it in 2026. That same year I acquired One Page Love, another leading platform reaching over a million creatives a year. I also acquired the design magazine Minimalissimo in 2025, focussed on curating products and highlighting the stories behind them.
In 2024 I co-founded Waitless (now Letterby), a waitlist tool with built-in referrals that we sold in 2025. I also created Faxfix in 2024, the easiest way to send faxes and letters online.
In 2020 I co-founded Literal to help people discover books they’ll actually love and connect through reading.
Before focusing on my own ventures I ran Some Studio as a design agency, working with over 100 brands – from early-stage startups to companies like Porsche, H&M and Red Bull.
Along the way, I’ve built smaller projects like Fuck I Wish I Knew That and Sort, and made a few angel investments.
Writing
- Setting the standardAugust 2026
- Pool on TechCrunchJune 2026
- Passing on Minimal GalleryApril 2026
- The devaluation of developmentFebruary 2026
- Note: Butterfly AISeptember 2025
- RSS is not deadMay 2024
- The book industry is f*ckedApril 2024
- Podcast interview on Literal with FutureXMay 2023
- Re-writing the story of books and the internetJanuary 2022
- A few thoughts on TikTokFebruary 2020
- Dabbling in physical product designOctober 2019