Marvin Messenzehl

September 1, 2025

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

Hey there 👋

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.

Saw Something

How great would it be if you could simply submit a design in Figma for review and receive immediate feedback on the most important aspects? The Uixx plugin aims to solve exactly that in Figma. It sounds amazing, but I genuinely wonder how reliable it can be, especially when trained on mediocre designs. Let's be honest, when have we ever developed a design and said: Yes, this is 100% what I envisioned?

Read Something

In 2-3 hours, you can create a landing page or, over a weekend, quickly develop a prototype for a complete app. Vibe coding is on everyone's lips and is primarily supposed to bring one thing: speed. I read this article during the week, and it shows that this is often just an illusion, and many things catch up with us later. However, in my opinion, it is still very useful for quickly iterating and testing ideas.

Heard Something

This week I also heard about Formia. It's a tool that allows you to create 3D assets from 2D graphics. Just add a bit of movement to it, and you'll have beautiful assets for the next project. Of course, it's not perfect, but it's a great foundation!

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Keep Creating Awesome Stuff ✌️

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-Marvin

About 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.