Léo Yiğit Ekiz

Work

Six disciplines, each with its archive. The websites are the newest.

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  1. 01WebDesign and full-stack development3 sites
  2. 02DesignIdentities, campaigns, books20 projects
  3. 03FilmFeatures, shorts, video art14 films
  4. 04PhotographySeries since 20067 series
  5. 05AI and teachingFlyRank, the AI Fluency trackNow
  6. 06Selected workEverything together, filtered21 works

About

Who makes the work, how, and where it came from.

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  1. 01PracticePoint, line, plane06
  2. 02PathIstanbul, Udine, Sarajevo11 stations
  3. 03ExhibitionsOn walls and screens, 2006–201314 shows
  4. 04About meNever too late to start
  5. 05CVExperience, education, languages

Studio website

Blush Dance Studio

A studio that took its bookings in Instagram messages gets a schedule, a booking form and its own colours back.

For
Blush Dance Studio, a pole dance studio in Kadıköy, Istanbul
Year
2026
My part
Research, design and development
Languages
Turkish, English
Pages
33
Address
Design preview, blushdance.leoyigit.com

The brief

The website was five years behind the studio. It listed pole levels only, while Instagram showed high heels and exotic, aerial hoop, stretching, hula hoop and poi, kids' classes and more than fifteen instructors. There was no schedule, no booking link and no WhatsApp; every booking happened in Instagram messages, and the free trial class wasn't on the site at all. Even its green and yellow were the theme's, not the studio's.

The idea

Start from the studio itself: its blush and rose, the line-drawn B with a pole through it, terracotta walls and an oak floor. Then make booking the main action on every page: a weekly timetable where every class has its own Reserve and WhatsApp buttons, and a free trial form that fills itself in from the class you picked.

Moments

4 to try on the site
  1. 01Seven worlds, one poleThe classes as a list; a short clip of each one follows the cursor.
  2. BU HAFTA STÜDYODA, the weekly schedule, with the monogram drawn in thin rose lines
    02This week in the studioA weekly timetable you can filter by class, with Reserve and WhatsApp on every slot.
  3. The booking form: class, level, preferred days and time, name and phone, beside three steps on wine red
    03The free trial classThe form fills itself in from the slot you picked. After sending, WhatsApp opens with the request already written.
  4. DİREĞE ADIM ADIM on wine red, beside the levels Beginner 01, 02 and 03 on a vertical line
    04Step by stepThe levels, as one climb.

Before and after

Same screen, same phone
Before
The old Blush Dance Studio site: a pink top bar, the logo and menu, and a large photograph of the studio sign
The old site on a phone: the sign photograph and “Pole dans nedir?”
After
Blush Dance Studio: the new homepage
The homepage on a phone: BLUSH and POLE over a dancer, with the free trial class button

The site it replaces: WordPress, 2021, on a theme made for shops. Same studio, same photographs, same logo.

Pages

Desktop, 1440 × 900
  • The monogram in rose beside a short text on what pole dance is, with M.Ö. 1200, 1990'lar and Bugün below
    What pole dance is, from 1200 BC to today.
  • GÜN IŞIĞINDA BİR SALON, AKŞAMÜSTÜ BİR SAHNE beside photographs of the studio, one cut into an arch
    The studio, by day and by evening.
  • SENİ DİREĞE HAZIRLAYAN EKİP on wine red above instructors in arched frames
    The instructors, each in an arch.
  • İLK DERSİN BİZDEN in large letters on blush pink over the monogram
    “Your first class is on us.”
  • The English homepage: BLUSH and POLE either side of the monogram, with Free trial class and All classes buttons
    In English too.

On the phone

390 × 844
  • The homepage on a phone: BLUSH and POLE over a dancer, with the free trial class button
  • The classes on a phone: BİR DİREK, YEDİ DÜNYA above a photograph of Pole Dans
  • The schedule on a phone: Monday's classes with Reserve and WhatsApp buttons
  • The booking page on a phone: three steps and buttons for WhatsApp and a call

Under the hood

Full-stack, front to server

  • Astro, Tailwind, GSAP

    A static site in Astro 7 and Tailwind CSS 4, with GSAP and Lenis for the motion: 33 pages in Turkish and English.

  • Forms that arrive

    Booking, contact, private lessons and pole parties, and instructor applications with a CV upload, on Netlify Forms. Each one tested end to end with a real submission.

  • On the home screen

    It installs on a phone like an app, with a dark status bar, an update prompt and a page for when you're offline.

  • Found in both languages

    Turkish and English linked page by page for search engines, the studio described as a dance school and local business, and the FAQ as questions and answers.

  • Turkish in capitals

    Loanwords stay HIGH, not HİGH; Turkish names keep their dotted İ; display lines leave room for Ç and Ş.

  • Content in data files

    Classes, timetable, instructors and FAQ live in plain data files, so the studio's week changes without touching a component.

  • Astro
  • Tailwind CSS
  • GSAP
  • Lenis
  • Netlify Forms
  • Web app manifest
  • Service worker
Research, design and development
Léo Yiğit Ekiz
Photographs and videos
Blush Dance Studio

Visit blushdance.leoyigit.com