Case study · Digital magazine (concept)
Lifestyle Weekly — The New York Issue a weekend magazine you scroll like a film.
A fictional digital magazine issue about New York — numbered chapters, a reading-mode switch, a weekend-edition pop-up and a live dollar-to-pound rate.
This is the real website. Scroll it, tap it, try it. On a phone it’s best full screen.
- Type
- Digital magazine (concept)
- Sector
- Media & publishing
- Sections
- 7
- Built with
- Hand-coded · no templates
About the site
Lifestyle Weekly is a fictional editorial concept: “The New York Issue”. It reads like a glossy weekend supplement but moves like a film — dinner, culture, after hours, the weekend edit — in numbered chapters.
The idea
Editorial sites either look beautiful or read well; rarely both. This one does both with a single switch: cinematic by default, with a “Switch to reading mode” button for people who just want the words.
What we built, section by section
- 01
New York. Never ordinary.
The opening.
- 02
At the table
“A little late. A little louder.”
- 03
Culture
“Outside the frame.”
- 04
After hours
“The night has other plans.”
- 05
Weekend edit
“Make room for more.”
- 06
Beyond the avenue
Two short escapes from the city.
- 07
See you out there
The close, with a weekend-edition pop-up.
From the build
Films and pictures from inside the Lifestyle Weekly — The New York Issue website. Swipe through.
Features
- Reading-mode switch
- Numbered chapter navigation (00–05)
- Scroll-driven frame sequence
- Weekend-edition pop-up
- Live US$ to £ rate for prices
Look and feel
Warm and nocturnal — candlelit amber and pink neon — with a confident editorial voice.
Under the bonnet
- Hand-coded single page
- Frame-sequence imagery in WebP
- Live currency rate from a public exchange-rate service
Like everything I build, it’s made from scratch. No page builder, no theme. So it’s quick, it works on phones first, and it’s easy to change later.
Fictional editorial concept — venues and events are imagined.
