Marvin Messenzehl

I love working in the realm between design and code. Some things that make me excited are CSS, Interaction design, Javascript, and making interfaces feel fun and human.

Currently, I'm designing & building interfaces for the podcast app of RTL +.  Besides that, I'm teaching UX and UI design at Memorisely.
April 22, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #92 - Tokyo, HEX, Perfect Days

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something During this long Easter weekend, I was over...
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April 14, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #91 - SABLE fABLE, Designers who prompt, AC Shadows

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Whenever Bon Iver has released an album, I ...
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April 8, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #90 - PM Podcasts, Contrast Checks, Amsterdam in spring

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Lenny's Podcast is truly one of the podcast...
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March 31, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #89 - Mechanical Keyboards are the best

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Today, there’s no podcast, no song, no play...
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March 24, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #88 - Sunday Vibes, Granola, Figlet

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something On a sunny Sunday, starting the day relaxed...
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March 17, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #87 - Coding Sounds, New Things, Tailwind Tricks

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Currently, I'm not playing a playlist, but ...
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March 10, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #86 - Severance, a11y, Showcases

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something I'm currently watching Severance, a TV seri...
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March 3, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #85 - a11y in Figma, Mental Models, Sam Altman's notes

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something For all my design friends who are currently...
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February 24, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #84 - The Silhouettes Project, Zen Books, Voicepal

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something I am constantly on the lookout for new arti...
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February 17, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #83 - Dopamin Fasting, Shopify Engineering, Custom PC Builds

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something A few months ago, I first heard about what'...
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February 10, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #82 - Yussef Dayes, Figma Aspect Ratio, Apple Invites

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something I think I have found one of the most amazin...
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February 3, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #81 - I've launched a Figma Widget πŸ₯³

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Well, I think we have to update this sectio...
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January 31, 2025

Building Fighill - My First Figma Widget

For a long time, I wanted to build something in publicβ€”to share the process, the challenges, and the little wins along the way. The idea of putting something out there, seeing people use it, and iterating based on real feedback felt exciting. Right before Christmas, I finally decided to give it a shot. I was hugely inspired by the #Bui...
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January 27, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #80 - Popular lofi, Zen, Todo Apps

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Last week, my YouTube algorithm recommended...
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January 20, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #79 - Raycast Focus, Imposter Syndrom, Live Sets

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something By now, you should know that I will post al...
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January 13, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #78 - Hi 2025 πŸ‘‹

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. This is the first edition of this newsletter in 2025, so if...
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December 20, 2024

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites - My Highlights 2024 ✨

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites is a monthly newsletter I started in 2024 to share the books I've read over a month. You can subscribe to updates here. Hey there πŸ‘‹ Wow, what a year 2024 has been. I've never read as much as I have this year, and I even managed to read more than one book per week. I can truly say that I've rediscovered a hob...
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December 16, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #77 - The Year 2024

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. This edition of Pixel Perfect Picks will be a bit special. ...
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December 9, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #76 - Frank Ocean, Design is Hard, Dia

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Is Frank Ocean releasing new music? I liste...
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December 4, 2024

Your intelligence becomes artificial

It’s rare these days for me to speak publicly about AI. But here I am, writing about artificial intelligenceβ€”not from a technical perspective, but from a human one. It’s about how we use AIβ€”or perhaps how we shouldn’t use it. And yes, I admit it: I have a problem with AI. I’m Not β€œAnti-AI” Let me be clear: I’m not against AI. I’m not h...
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December 2, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #75 - GNX, Dragon Ball, Gradients

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something I have to say one thing for sure: I am a hu...
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November 29, 2024

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites - November 2024 πŸ‰

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites is a monthly newsletter I started in 2024 to share the books I've read over a month. You can subscribe to updates here. Hey there πŸ‘‹ Remember last month when I said that this was a special month and I had read only mangas? Well, I did it again. So if you're looking for in-depth book reviews, you can skip this...
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November 25, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #74 - Chillhop, Dragon Ball, Trips through Germany

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something My favorite music label for lo-fi music has...
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November 18, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #73 - Figma's new Eyedropper, Web Summit, Good Sounds

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something You know that it will be a good week when y...
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November 11, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #72 - Runnable, Engineering at Slack, Raycast Notes

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something A new podcast has sneaked into my queue, an...
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November 4, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #71 - Notebooks, Feedback, Dragonball

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something In the latest episode of the Rich Roll Podc...
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October 31, 2024

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites - October 2024 πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈβ›΅

Marvin's Monthly Book Bites is a monthly newsletter I started in 2024 to share the books I've read over a month. You can subscribe to updates here. Hey there πŸ‘‹ I'm being completely honest; it was a strange month in terms of reading, and I thought long and hard about whether I should write this edition of the newsletter. But since I am ...
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October 28, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #70 - Soul Sets, Paper Screens & Variables

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Outside, it's slowly becoming truly autumna...
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October 21, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #69 - Sable, Complexity, HTML

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Bon Iver has released new music again, and ...
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October 14, 2024

Pixel Perfect Picks #68 - Kanji, UI3, Engineering

Hey there πŸ‘‹ Welcome to this installment of Pixel Perfect Picks. Here I'm sharing something that I heard, read, and saw. You can subscribe to this newsletter here. I'm additionally publishing a more extended essay about software development, design, and freelancing every month. Heard Something Even though I share parts of this podcast a...
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