We're Compact Creative

We built fun things on the internet! Websites, products, and services that made people's lives more creative.

2006-2025

Compact Creative was founded by David Appleyard, based in the UK. It closed in 2025.

These were a few of the projects we founded, invested in, and sold over the years:

Design Shack

Design Shack

Publishing regular articles and inspiration for creatives and designers.

Theme Junkie

Theme Junkie

Building WordPress themes and publishing articles on graphic and web design.

Creative VIP

Creative VIP

A digital goods shop, creating beautiful icon sets and graphic templates.

Themelantic

Themelantic

Beautiful, hand-crafted Tumblr themes to help you showcase your story in style.

Here's what's next.