diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26d3208..707f44e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "lib-nested-core",
-    "lib-nested-tty"
+    "lib-nested-tty",
+    "examples/tty-01-hello"
 ]
 
diff --git a/examples/tty-01-hello/Cargo.toml b/examples/tty-01-hello/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4582fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tty-01-hello/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+[package]
+name = "tty-01-hello"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+r3vi = { path = "../../../lib-r3vi" }
+nested = { path = "../../lib-nested-core" }
+nested-tty = { path = "../../lib-nested-tty" }
+termion = "*"
+cgmath = "*"
+
+[dependencies.async-std]
+version = "1.9.0"
+features = ["unstable", "attributes"]
+
diff --git a/examples/tty-01-hello/src/main.rs b/examples/tty-01-hello/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dedd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/tty-01-hello/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+extern crate r3vi;
+extern crate nested;
+extern crate nested_tty;
+extern crate termion;
+extern crate cgmath;
+
+use {
+    r3vi::view::{
+        ViewPort,
+        port::UpdateTask
+    },
+    nested::{
+        tree::{NestedNode},
+        type_system::{Context, ReprTree}
+    },
+    nested_tty::{
+        Terminal, TerminalView, TerminalEvent,
+        TerminalStyle,
+        TerminalCompositor
+    },
+    cgmath::Vector2,
+    termion::event::{Event, Key},
+    std::sync::{Arc, RwLock}
+};
+
+
+/* this task handles all terminal events (e.g. key press, resize)
+ */
+pub async fn event_loop(
+    mut term: Terminal,
+    term_port: ViewPort<dyn TerminalView>,
+    portmutex: Arc<RwLock<()>>
+) {
+    loop {
+        let ev = term.next_event().await;
+        let _l = portmutex.write().unwrap();
+
+        if ev == TerminalEvent::Input(Event::Key(Key::Ctrl('d'))) {
+            break;
+        }
+        term_port.update();
+    }
+}
+
+/* this task will continuously pull forward
+ * all notifications which are influencing
+ * the view in `term_port`
+ */
+pub async fn update_loop(
+    term_port: ViewPort<dyn TerminalView>,
+    portmutex: Arc<RwLock<()>>
+) {
+    loop {
+        {
+            let _l = portmutex.write().unwrap();
+            term_port.update();
+        }
+        async_std::task::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() {
+    /* initialize our terminal
+     */
+    let term_port = ViewPort::new();
+  
+    let mut term = Terminal::new(term_port.outer());
+    let term_writer = term.get_writer();
+
+    let portmutex = Arc::new(RwLock::new(()));
+
+    /* spawn event-handling & updating tasks
+     */
+    async_std::task::spawn(
+        update_loop(term_port.clone(), portmutex.clone()));
+
+    async_std::task::spawn(
+        event_loop(term, term_port.clone(), portmutex.clone()));
+
+    /* populate the view in `term_port`
+     */
+    let compositor = TerminalCompositor::new(term_port.inner());
+
+    compositor.write().unwrap().push(
+        nested_tty::make_label("test")
+            .offset(Vector2::new(7,2)));
+
+    compositor.write().unwrap().push(
+        nested_tty::make_label("Hello World")
+            .map_item(|p,a|
+                a.add_style_back(
+                    TerminalStyle::fg_color(( (25*p.x%255) as u8, 200, 0 )) ))
+            .offset(Vector2::new(5, 3)));
+
+    /* write the changes in the view of `term_port` to the terminal
+     */
+    term_writer.show().await.expect("output error!");
+}
+
+