I am Mirja,
Webdesigner and
Frontend Developer

With an education and long experience as a designer, I combine a good eye for design and passion for details with the ability to find creative and generic code solutions.

From Adobe to React

I work with many resources like Adobe Creative Suite, markup- and programming languages as well as CSS-Frameworks and Javascript libraries.

Design Programmierung

Design

Major skills and focus

  • Typography

    I put special interest in typography as a balanced typography is crucial for the look and feel of a website as well as for a good readability and usability. That covers font font pairings, sizing and colors.

  • Interactive SVGs

    Designing and programming dynamic, responsive and interactive SVGs interests me. With React, SVGs are a powerful format to present complex data and information in a nice and interactive way.

Tools

  • Adobe XD

    For a long time, there has been a black spot in the software market for webdesigners. Fast developing XD ends the compromises in that area and I like to grow my XD skills in accordance with its abilities.

  • Photoshop

    Photoshop has accompanied me for a long time. It's a great tool for enhancing the impact of a site and I have a long experience using its core and its hidden features.

  • After Effects

    In combination with Lottie, I enjoy using After Effects to bring some life to a website.

  • Illustrator

    I'm a big fan of vectors: From creating logos and icons to complex svg graphics that become dynamic by adding some Javascript.

Programming

Programming languages

  • HTML

    My HTML markup is valid and machine readable. Something I do carefully – nothing I get too excited about.

  • CSS

    I love to do magic with css: From smart micro-animations of buttons and navigations to smooth transitions of pages and cards with a creative use of pseudo elements and clip-paths. CSS offers a lot of possibilities to make websites shine and I love to make use of them. Our love deepened since the Internet Explorer doesn't stand between us any longer.

  • Javascript

    A relatively young and enthusiastic love: Whether for writing complex programs or pimping the look and feel of a website, I enjoy the views of Objects and Trees.

Preprocessors and Frameworks

  • SCSS

    This is where CSS takes off: To see a bunch of css classes come out of a few lines of a scss function that makes your CSS super scalable and versatile mesmerizes me.

  • React

    This brings all the great stuff together like a box of chocolate: A smooth and versatile mélange of functionality and style.

My projects

This list shows a few of my non-commercial, open source projects.

  • Bahn und Bike

    Single page application for planning trips with bike and regional trains around Berlin

    Bahn und Bike App
  • Fullscreen Onepager

    JS-Plugin for displaying sections of a onepager as slides

    fullscreen onepager logo
  • Drag and Drop

    Drag and Drop Component with Framer Motion (React/Typescript)

    Drag and drop component logo
  • Subreddit Minimal

    Reddit-Webapp that displays the subreddits in a masonry grid

    Subreddit minimal App