diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index e545d22..108b616 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <template>
 	<div id="app">
 		<Home/>
+		<SkillPicker/>
 		<Timeline/>
 	</div>
 </template>
@@ -9,11 +10,13 @@
 import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator';
 import Home from './components/Home.vue';
 import Timeline from './components/Timeline.vue';
+import SkillPicker from './components/SkillPicker.vue';
 
 @Component({
 	components: {
 		Home,
 		Timeline,
+		SkillPicker,
 	},
 })
 export default class App extends Vue {
diff --git a/src/components/Home.vue b/src/components/Home.vue
index f7278be..3966317 100644
--- a/src/components/Home.vue
+++ b/src/components/Home.vue
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		width: $width;
 		height: $height;
 
-		background: #07142d;
+		background: #202228;
 	}
 
 	@keyframes wave-x {
diff --git a/src/components/SkillPicker.vue b/src/components/SkillPicker.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b70463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/SkillPicker.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+<template>
+	<div id='skill-picker'>
+
+		<div class='container'>
+
+			<section class='categories'>
+				<SkillCard v-for='(t) of tags'
+					:key='t'
+					:id='t'
+					:active='t == tag'
+					folder='1'
+					width='18rem'
+					@pick='onTag(t, $event)'/>
+			</section>
+
+			<section class='skills'>
+				<SkillCard v-for='(id) of ids'
+					:key='id'
+					v-show='hide.indexOf(id) < 0'
+					:id='id'
+					:active='id == sel'
+					width='18rem'
+					@pick='onPick(id, $event)' />
+			</section>
+
+		</div>
+
+		<button v-show='this.sel != null'>Browse projects</button>
+
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts">
+	import { Component, Vue } from 'vue-property-decorator';
+	import SkillCard from './SkillCard.vue';
+	import { tID, Skills } from '@/model/skills';
+
+	@Component({
+		components: {
+			SkillCard,
+		},
+	})
+	export default class SkillPicker extends Vue {
+		// list of available skills
+		readonly ids: string[] = Object.keys(Skills);
+		// currently selected skill
+		private sel: string|null = tID.Vue.toString();
+
+		// list of ids to hide according to the current tag
+		private hide: string[] = [];
+
+		// available categories (tags)
+		private tags: string[] = [];
+		// currently selected tag
+		private tag: string|null = "web";
+
+		private mounted() {
+			this.tags = this.fetchTags();
+			this.filterByTag();
+		}
+
+		private fetchTags(): string[] {
+			const tags: string[] = [];
+
+			for( const sid of this.ids ){
+				const id    = parseInt(sid) as tID;
+				const skill = Skills[id];
+				if( skill == undefined ){
+					continue;
+				}
+				for( const tag of skill.tags ){
+					if( tags.indexOf(tag) < 0 ){
+						tags.push(tag);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return tags;
+		}
+
+		private onPick(id: string, picked: boolean){
+			if( picked ){ // select
+				this.sel = id;
+				return;
+			}
+			if( !picked && id == this.sel ){ // deselect
+				this.sel = null;
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+		private onTag(t: string, picked: boolean){
+			if( picked ){ // select
+				this.tag = t;
+				this.filterByTag();
+				return;
+			}
+			if( !picked && t == this.tag ){ // deselect
+				this.tag = null;
+				this.filterByTag();
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// apply filter by tag
+		private filterByTag(){
+			const tag = this.tag;
+
+			// no folder selected -> hide everything
+			if( tag == null || this.tags.indexOf(tag) < 0 ){
+				this.tag = null;
+				this.hide = this.ids;
+
+				// deselect if selection has been filtered out
+				if( this.sel != null && this.hide.indexOf(this.sel) >= 0 ){
+					this.sel = null;
+				}
+				return;
+			}
+
+			// clear filter
+			this.hide = [];
+
+			for( const sid of this.ids ){
+				const id    = parseInt(sid) as tID;
+				const skill = Skills[id];
+				if( skill == undefined ){
+					continue;
+				}
+				if( skill.tags.indexOf(tag) < 0 ){
+					this.hide.push(sid);
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
+			// deselect if selection has been filtered out
+			if( this.sel != null && this.hide.indexOf(this.sel) >= 0 ){
+				this.sel = null;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+</script>
+
+<!-- Add "scoped" attribute to limit CSS to this component only -->
+<style scoped lang="scss">
+
+	$page-margin: 3rem;
+
+	#skill-picker {
+		display: block;
+		position: relative;
+			top: 0;
+			left: 0;
+			width: 100vw;
+			height: 100vh;
+
+		background: linear-gradient(45deg, #564ba4, #745cfc);
+
+		.container {
+			display: flex;
+			position: relative;
+				width:  calc( 100vw - #{2*$page-margin} );
+				height: calc( 100vh - #{2*$page-margin} );
+				margin: $page-margin;
+
+			background: #202228;
+
+			border-radius: 1em / 1em;
+
+			padding: 2em;
+
+			flex-flow: row nowrap;
+		}
+	}
+
+	.categories {
+		display: flex;
+			height: 100%;
+			width: 20em;
+
+		flex-flow: column nowrap;
+		align-items: flex-start;
+		justify-content: flex-start;
+
+		overflow: hidden;
+		overflow-y: visible;
+
+		.skill-card {
+			margin: .3em 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	.skills {
+		display: flex;
+			height: 100%;
+			width: 20em;
+
+		flex-flow: column nowrap;
+		align-items: flex-start;
+		justify-content: flex-start;
+
+		overflow: hidden;
+		overflow-y: visible;
+
+		.skill-card {
+			margin: .3em 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	button {
+		display: block;
+		position: absolute;
+			top: calc( 100% - #{$page-margin} );
+			left: 50%;
+
+		padding: .6em 2em;
+
+		color: #202228;
+		font-size: 1.4rem;
+		font-weight: 600;
+		background: #fff;
+
+		border: none;
+		border-radius: 2em;
+
+		box-shadow: 0 0 .5em transparent;
+
+		transform-style: preserve-3d;
+		transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%);
+
+		cursor: pointer;
+
+		transition: box-shadow .2s ease-in-out,
+					transform .2s ease-in-out,
+					color .2s ease-in-out;
+
+		z-index: 10;
+
+		&:hover {
+			color: #000;
+			box-shadow: 0 0 .3em #191b1f;
+			transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-50%) scale(1.05);
+		}
+	}
+
+</style>
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.vue b/src/components/Timeline.vue
index 1620f5f..7674b80 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.vue
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 
 	$icon-width: 2.3rem;
 	$space-width: 1rem;
+	$bg-color: #202228;
 
 	#timeline {
 		display: grid;
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
 		font-size: 1.6rem;
 		font-weight: 400;
 		color: #fff;
-		background: #161619;
+		background: $bg-color;
 
 		padding: 0 5rem;
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
 			height: #{$icon-width + .3rem};
 			margin-top: .3rem;
 
-			background: #161619;
+			background: $bg-color;
 		}
 		.src-icon, .doc-icon, .end-icon {
 			position: relative;
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@
 			height: #{$icon-width + .1rem};
 			margin-top: .1rem;
 
-			background: #161619;
+			background: $bg-color;
 		}
 
 		.start {
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@
 
 			padding-top: -.2rem;
 
-			background: #161619;
+			background: $bg-color;
 		}
 		.name, .end {
 			b {
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@
 				margin-bottom: .4em;
 
 				color: #fff;
-				background: #28282d;
+				background: #34343b;
 
 				border-radius: .4em / .4em;
 
@@ -251,9 +252,9 @@
 			padding-bottom: 2em;
 			margin-bottom: 1.5em;
 
-			background: #28282d;
+			background: #34343b;
 
-			border: .1rem solid #2f2f33;
+			border: .1rem solid #45454b;
 			border-radius: .4em / .4em;
 			z-index: 100;
 
@@ -269,8 +270,8 @@
 					width: 100%;
 					height: 100%;
 
-				background: #202024;
-				border: .1rem solid #2f2f33;
+				background: darken(#34343b, 4%);
+				border: .1rem solid darken(#45454b, 4%);
 				border-radius: .4em / .4em;
 
 				transform: translateZ(-1px);