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 at DAYY.  Besides that, I'm teaching UX and UI design at Memorisely.
December 8, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #122 - Fizzy, Munger, Wrapped

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December 1, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #121: JJK, Antigravity, Loaf

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November 24, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #120 - Supply, Game Design, Good Design

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November 17, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #119 - Cursor, Grug, Composer

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November 10, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #118 - Superhuman, Scope Creep, Human Playlists

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November 3, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #117 - Arc Raiders, Schema, BrainFM

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October 27, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #116 - Atlas, Notion, Loyle Carner

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October 20, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #115 - PokΓ©mon, Artists Way, Brthwrk

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October 13, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #114 - BF6, Animations, Breathing

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October 6, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #113 - Cursor Learn, AI on Design Jobs, YouTube

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September 29, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #112 - Design Workflows, Toolboxes, AI on Podcasts

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September 22, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #111 - Midori, Long Walks, Hollow Knight

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September 15, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #110 - TCG, News, Fred on Rooftops

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September 8, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #109 - Slow Down, oklch, shape.fm

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September 1, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #108 - Reviews, Illusions, 3D Shapes

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August 25, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #107 - JPEGs, Reports, Compressing

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August 18, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #106 - Vertical, Karst Goods, Tim's game

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August 11, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #105 - Tokio Streets, GPT5, Notion Campsite

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August 4, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #104 - Walls, Walks, Pictures

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July 28, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #103 - Don't tap the glass!

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July 21, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #102 - Figma Glass, Systems Thinking, New Old Music

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July 14, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #101 - Vibe Coding, Designing and a little bit of brain rot

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July 7, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #100 - We're back!

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June 9, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #99 - Vibe Designing, AI Field Notes, New Mixes

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June 2, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #98 - AI Workflows, Stitch, Framer Workshop

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May 26, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #97 - Note Taking Deep Dive

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May 19, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #96 - Post Config Week

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May 12, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #95 - YCombinator, Meditations, Config

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May 5, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #94 - Devin, AI Quality, Shortform

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April 28, 2025

Pixel Perfect Picks #93 - AI, Brain Food, More AI

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