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After Hours Istanbul
industry
Hospitality / events
region
İstanbul, Türkiye
year
2024–2025
status
●Live
# at a glance
An events brand's home, with a CMS the team runs themselves.
# problem
An İstanbul events brand needed a site that could keep pace with a changing calendar — new events, lineups, and pages — without a developer in the loop every week.
It also had to look the part: nightlife energy, but fast and readable on a phone at the door.
# approach
Built the public site for speed and feel, with motion that carries the brand without slowing the page.
Wired a headless CMS so the team publishes events, updates lineups, and edits pages on their own.
Modeled the content types around how the team actually plans, so day-to-day updates are a few fields, not a rebuild.
# outcome
Live at afterhoursistanbul.com. The team runs the calendar themselves; the site keeps up.
# stack
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Headless CMS
- Tailwind