diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index b6f31db..f5671db 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
 import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
-import {HomeComponent} from "./home/home.component";
+import {HomeComponent} from "./sites/home/home.component";
 
 const routes: Routes = [
   {path: "", component: HomeComponent},
diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index 8af1849..6a0720a 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { AppRoutingModule } from './app-routing.module';
 import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
 import { BrowserAnimationsModule } from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
-import { NavigationComponent } from './navigation/navigation.component';
+import { NavigationComponent } from './components/navigation/navigation.component';
 import {MatSidenavModule} from "@angular/material/sidenav";
 import {MatIconModule} from "@angular/material/icon";
 import {MatButtonModule} from "@angular/material/button";
-import { HomeComponent } from './home/home.component';
+import { HomeComponent } from './sites/home/home.component';
+import { FeaturedProjectsPipe } from './pipes/featured-projects.pipe';
 
 @NgModule({
   declarations: [
     AppComponent,
     NavigationComponent,
-    HomeComponent
+    HomeComponent,
+    FeaturedProjectsPipe
   ],
   imports: [
     BrowserModule.withServerTransition({appId: 'serverApp'}),
diff --git a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.html b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.html
similarity index 75%
rename from src/app/navigation/navigation.component.html
rename to src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.html
index 40cb12c..757f8b8 100644
--- a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.html
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <nav class="header">
-  <img src="favicon.ico" alt="logo" class="logo" draggable="false">
+  <img src="../../../favicon.ico" alt="logo" class="logo" draggable="false">
   <span class="name">Leon Hoppe</span>
 
   <div id="header-links" *ngIf="!deviceService.isMobile()">
-    <a class="header-link" *ngFor="let link of navLinks" [routerLink]="link.href"  [ngClass]="{'active': router.url == link.href}">{{link.label}}</a>
+    <a class="header-link" *ngFor="let link of navLinks" [routerLink]="link.href"  [ngClass]="{'active': cleanUrl(router.url) == link.href}">{{link.label}}</a>
   </div>
 
   <div id="social-media" [ngStyle]="{'margin-left': deviceService.isMobile() ? 'auto' : ''}">
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 </section>
 
 <nav *ngIf="deviceService.isMobile()" class="footer">
-  <button mat-button class="footer-link" *ngFor="let link of navLinks" [routerLink]="link.href" [ngClass]="{'active': router.url == link.href}">
+  <button mat-button class="footer-link" *ngFor="let link of navLinks" [routerLink]="link.href" [ngClass]="{'active': cleanUrl(router.url) == link.href}">
     <mat-icon>{{link.icon}}</mat-icon>
   </button>
 </nav>
diff --git a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.scss b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.scss
similarity index 98%
rename from src/app/navigation/navigation.component.scss
rename to src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.scss
index 10042a1..d2f0f47 100644
--- a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.scss
+++ b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$border-color: black;
+$border-color: #2d2d2d;
 
 .header {
   width: 100vw;
diff --git a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.ts b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.ts
similarity index 80%
rename from src/app/navigation/navigation.component.ts
rename to src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.ts
index 5b094aa..8018811 100644
--- a/src/app/navigation/navigation.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/navigation/navigation.component.ts
@@ -25,4 +25,18 @@ export class NavigationComponent {
     {href: 'mailto://leon@ladenbau-hoppe.de', image: 'https://webmail.strato.de/favicon.ico'}
   ]
 
+  public cleanUrl(url: string): string {
+    try {
+      url = location.origin + url;
+      const urlObj = new URL(url);
+
+      urlObj.search = '';
+      urlObj.hash = '';
+
+      return urlObj.toString().replace(location.origin, "");
+    } catch {
+      return "";
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/home/home.component.html b/src/app/home/home.component.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f2c53f..0000000
--- a/src/app/home/home.component.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<p>home works!</p>
diff --git a/src/app/home/home.component.scss b/src/app/home/home.component.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/src/app/home/home.component.ts b/src/app/home/home.component.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 820d900..0000000
--- a/src/app/home/home.component.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'app-home',
-  templateUrl: './home.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./home.component.scss']
-})
-export class HomeComponent {
-
-}
diff --git a/src/app/models/project.ts b/src/app/models/project.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50536a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/models/project.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export interface Project {
+  cover: string;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+  buttons?: {text: string; link: string}[];
+  featured?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/pipes/featured-projects.pipe.ts b/src/app/pipes/featured-projects.pipe.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcd1554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/pipes/featured-projects.pipe.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { Pipe, PipeTransform } from '@angular/core';
+import {Project} from "../models/project";
+
+@Pipe({
+  name: 'featuredProjects'
+})
+export class FeaturedProjectsPipe implements PipeTransform {
+
+  transform(objects: Project[]): Project[] {
+    const newObjects: Project[] = [];
+    objects?.forEach(obj => {
+      if (obj?.featured)
+        newObjects.push(obj);
+    })
+    return newObjects;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/sites/home/home.component.html b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb36658
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<section id="hero" [ngClass]="{'mobile': deviceService.isMobile()}">
+  <div class="artwork">
+    <div class="circle big-circle"></div>
+    <div class="circle small-circle"></div>
+    <div class="circle image"></div>
+  </div>
+  <h1>
+    <span>Hallo, ich bin Leon Hoppe,</span><br>
+    full stack developer
+  </h1>
+  <p>
+    Auf dieser Seite erfahren Sie, an welchen Projekten ich bereits gearbeitet habe,<br>
+    was meine Programmierkenntnisse sind und welche Pläne ich für die Zukunft habe.
+  </p>
+  <a href="#projects">Mehr erfahren</a>
+</section>
+
+<section id="projects" [ngClass]="{'mobile': deviceService.isMobile()}">
+  <h1>Projekte</h1>
+  <a routerLink="/projects">alle ansehen</a>
+  <div id="project-wrapper">
+    <div class="project" *ngFor="let project of projects | featuredProjects">
+      <img src="{{project.cover}}" alt="{{project.name}}">
+      <h2>{{project.name}}</h2>
+      <span>{{project.description}}</span>
+      <div class="project-buttons">
+        <a class="project-button" *ngFor="let button of project.buttons" href="{{button.link}}">{{button.text}}</a>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</section>
diff --git a/src/app/sites/home/home.component.scss b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..236f9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+@use "../../../theme";
+@use "src/styles" as s;
+@use 'sass:map';
+
+$gradient: linear-gradient(90deg, theme.$primary, theme.$secondary);
+$gradient-angled: linear-gradient(135deg, theme.$primary, theme.$secondary);
+$gradient-straight: linear-gradient(theme.$primary, theme.$secondary);
+
+$padding: 12.5vw;
+$padding-small: 5vw;
+
+$desc-color: #7c8393;
+
+#hero {
+  height: 100vh;
+  padding-left: $padding;
+  user-select: none;
+  position: relative;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+
+  h1 {
+    margin-top: 20vh;
+    font-size: 45px;
+    line-height:70px;
+
+    span {
+      background: $gradient;
+      background-clip: text;
+      color: transparent;
+    }
+  }
+
+  p {
+    font-size: 18px;
+    color: $desc-color;
+  }
+
+  a {
+    display: block;
+    margin-top: 40px;
+    height: 60px;
+    width: 150px;
+    background: $gradient;
+    border-radius: 30px;
+    font-size: 15px;
+    text-align: center;
+    line-height: 60px;
+    text-decoration: none;
+
+    box-shadow: 0 0 40px -5px theme.$primary;
+  }
+
+  .artwork {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: 55%;
+    top: 19vh;
+
+    .circle {
+      position: absolute;
+      aspect-ratio: 1 / 1;
+      z-index: -1;
+      background: $gradient-angled;
+      border-radius: 50%;
+
+      &:after {
+        content: '';
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: 1px;
+        background-color: map.get(theme.$background, 'background');
+        border-radius: 50%;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .big-circle {
+      left: 0;
+      top: 0;
+      width: 400px;
+    }
+
+    .small-circle {
+      top: 100px;
+      left: 350px;
+      width: 150px;
+
+      &:after {
+        content: none;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .image {
+      top: -50px;
+      left: 170px;
+      width: 250px;
+
+      &:after {
+        background-image: url("/favicon.ico");
+        background-size: 112%;
+        background-position: -15px -15px;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.mobile {
+    padding-left: $padding-small;
+
+    h1 {
+      margin-top: 10vh;
+      font-size: 30px;
+      line-height: 50px;
+    }
+
+    p {
+      font-size: 15px;
+      margin-right: 20px;
+    }
+
+    .artwork > .small-circle, .artwork > .image {
+      display: none;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#projects {
+  padding-inline: $padding;
+  user-select: none;
+  margin-bottom: 100px;
+
+  h1 {
+    font-size: 35px;
+    display: inline;
+    margin-right: 10px;
+  }
+
+  #project-wrapper {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    margin-top: 70px;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    gap: 70px;
+
+    .project {
+      width: 400px;
+      height: 500px;
+      padding: 25px;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+
+      background: map.get(theme.$background, 'background');
+      border-radius: 30px;
+      position: relative;
+
+      display: flex;
+      flex-direction: column;
+
+      box-shadow: 0 0 40px -10px theme.$primary;
+
+      &:before {
+        position: absolute;
+        inset: -1px;
+        content: '';
+        background: $gradient-straight;
+        border-radius: 30px;
+        z-index: -1;
+      }
+
+      img {
+        width: 350px;
+        height: 170px;
+        object-fit: cover;
+        border-radius: 12px;
+      }
+
+      h2 {
+        margin-block: 10px 5px;
+        font-size: 20px;
+      }
+
+      span {
+        color: $desc-color;
+      }
+
+      .project-buttons {
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: space-evenly;
+        margin-top: auto;
+        flex-wrap: wrap;
+        gap: 5px;
+
+        .project-button {
+          display: block;
+          text-align: center;
+          line-height: 40px;
+
+          width: max-content;
+          height: 40px;
+          padding-inline: 15px;
+          border: 1px solid #FFF;
+          border-radius: 20px;
+          text-decoration: none;
+          font-size: 13px;
+
+          &:hover {
+            text-decoration: underline;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  &.mobile {
+    padding-inline: $padding-small;
+
+    h1 {
+      font-size: 25px;
+    }
+
+    #project-wrapper {
+      margin-top: 30px;
+      gap: 30px;
+
+      .project {
+        width: 100%;
+        height: 450px;
+        box-shadow: none;
+
+        img {
+          width: 100%;
+          height: auto;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/sites/home/home.component.ts b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..184d4f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/sites/home/home.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import {DeviceDetectorService} from "ngx-device-detector";
+import {Project} from "../../models/project";
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-home',
+  templateUrl: './home.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./home.component.scss']
+})
+export class HomeComponent {
+
+  public constructor(public deviceService: DeviceDetectorService) {}
+
+  public projects: Project[] = [
+    {
+      name: "Test Project",
+      description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Aspernatur excepturi facere, fuga maxime nulla qui voluptas voluptates? Adipisci asperiores dolor error iste sunt tempore. Blanditiis illum mollitia nostrum quae vero?",
+      cover: "https://cdn.leon-hoppe.de/portfolio/projects/manager.jpeg",
+      featured: true,
+      buttons: [{
+        text: "Source Code",
+        link: "#hero"
+      }]
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Test Project",
+      description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Aspernatur excepturi facere, fuga maxime nulla qui voluptas voluptates? Adipisci asperiores dolor error iste sunt tempore. Blanditiis illum mollitia nostrum quae vero?",
+      cover: "https://cdn.leon-hoppe.de/portfolio/projects/manager.jpeg",
+      featured: true,
+      buttons: [{
+        text: "Source Code",
+        link: ""
+      },
+        {
+          text: "gskjghjshfkafsdgs",
+          link: "#hero"
+        },]
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Test Project",
+      description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Aspernatur excepturi facere, fuga maxime nulla qui voluptas voluptates? Adipisci asperiores dolor error iste sunt tempore. Blanditiis illum mollitia nostrum quae vero?",
+      cover: "https://cdn.leon-hoppe.de/portfolio/projects/manager.jpeg",
+      featured: true
+    },
+    {
+      name: "Test Project",
+      description: "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Aspernatur excepturi facere, fuga maxime nulla qui voluptas voluptates? Adipisci asperiores dolor error iste sunt tempore. Blanditiis illum mollitia nostrum quae vero?",
+      cover: "https://cdn.leon-hoppe.de/portfolio/projects/manager.jpeg",
+      featured: true
+    },
+  ]
+
+}
diff --git a/src/styles.scss b/src/styles.scss
index 3d21e3c..8c65148 100644
--- a/src/styles.scss
+++ b/src/styles.scss
@@ -2,8 +2,44 @@
 
 html, body { height: 100vh; }
 body { margin: 0; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; }
+*, html {scroll-behavior: smooth !important;}
 
 mat-drawer > div {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
 }
+
+::-webkit-scrollbar {
+  width: 5px;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
+  display: none;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
+  background: #484c52;
+  border-radius: 2.5px;
+}
+::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
+  background: #5b6067;
+}
+
+@function css-function( $function, $values... ) {
+  @return
+    $function
+		+ unquote( '(' )
+		+ $values
+		+ unquote( ')' )
+;
+}
+
+@function css-min( $values... ) {
+  @return css-function( min, $values );
+}
+
+@function css-max( $values... ) {
+  @return css-function( max, $values );
+}
+
+@function css-clamp( $values... ) {
+  @return css-function( clamp, $values );
+}
diff --git a/src/theme.scss b/src/theme.scss
index 0c95294..32cabca 100644
--- a/src/theme.scss
+++ b/src/theme.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,26 @@
 @import "/node_modules/@angular/material/theming";
 @include mat.core();
 
+@function modify-background($theme, $background-color) {
+  // Replace the background in the color object's background palette.
+  $theme-color: map-get($theme, color);
+  $color-background-palette: map-get($theme-color, background);
+  $color-background-palette: map-merge($color-background-palette, (background: $background-color));
+  $color-background-palette: map-merge($color-background-palette, (raised-button: $background-color));
+
+  // Replace the background in the background palette.
+  $background-palette: map-get($theme, background);
+  $background-palette: map-merge($background-palette, (background: $background-color));
+  $background-palette: map-merge($background-palette, (raised-button: $background-color));
+
+  // Merge the changes into a new theme.
+  $modified-theme-color: map-merge($theme-color, (background: $color-background-palette));
+  $modified-theme: map-merge($theme, (color: $modified-theme-color));
+  $modified-theme: map-merge($modified-theme, (background: $background-palette));
+
+  @return $modified-theme;
+}
+
 $angular-primary: mat.define-palette(mat.$blue-palette, 500, 100, 900);
 $angular-accent: mat.define-palette(mat.$green-palette, A200, A100, A400);
 $angular-warn: mat.define-palette(mat.$red-palette);
@@ -17,8 +37,13 @@ $angular-theme: mat.define-dark-theme(
     )
 );
 
+$angular-theme: modify-background($angular-theme, #0f1724);
+
 @include mat.all-component-themes($angular-theme);
 
+$primary: #8e5bd2;
+$secondary: #11a8bd;
+
 $color-config: mat.get-color-config($angular-theme);
 $background: map.get($color-config, 'background');
 $text: map.get($color-config, 'foreground');