Marvin Messenzehl

March 23, 2026

Pixel Perfect Picks #135 - Utopia Tokyo, Interface Details, Soulful Hiphop

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

My good friend Simon created something truly magical on his website that I need to share here. It's called Utopia Tokyo, and it offers an incredible experience focused on masks, character creation, graphic design, and more. A true masterclass. Be sure to check it out and explore all the great details.

Read Something

They're sometimes very subtle, but very cool tweaks to interfaces that make them immediately feel leveled up and more polished. Jakub created a great, great list of these with great examples that you can already directly use in your AI coding buddy. 

Heard Something

Currently, I got so many curated playlists on my IG account that I enjoy being in that part of the algorithm. I listened to curated playlists recently a lot more often. Here's one about soulful hip-hop that I truly enjoy


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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.