One compass, two doors

Short-term rentals in Milan, for owners and for guests

Case study · 05MilanScroll

Case study · Brand identity, brand book, websites

True north.

Eterna Rent manages short-term rentals for property owners in Milan. Its booking brand, House Rent, welcomes the guests who stay in those homes. The identity is built on a single compass that also reads as the letter e. Navy steers the system, greens and lime mark growth, and raspberry is kept for actions.

Client
Eterna Rent
Sector
Short-term rentals
Location
Milan, Italy
Web
eternarent.com · house-rent.eu
Eterna Rent & House Rent · the mark in motion

The brief

What was needed

Two audiences, one company: owners who hand over their homes, and guests who book them. Each needed to feel spoken to, without splitting the brand in two.

The idea

How it was solved

One compass, two doors. For owners, the door at the centre is a house. For guests, the same compass holds a keyhole.

Same compass. A different door for each audience.

01 · The mark

Who is knocking?

Switch the audience: the compass stays, the door changes.

3D render for Eterna Rent & House RentLogoBrand bookStationeryPrintWeb design

02 · Colour

The palette

Navy#243553Headlines and body text on light backgrounds
Green#2A8707Headlines and highlighted CTAs
Lime#C2EA77Highlighting paragraphs and parts of a text
Cream#F0FCC6Page backgrounds, text on dark backgrounds
Raspberry#B61B4CButtons, CTAs and the most prominent headlines
Slate blue#8393AAHouse Rent accent (keyhole and RENT)

Hex values and roles from the Eterna Rent brand book (May 2023), as printed on the colour board; slate blue #8393AA is sampled from the House Rent logo.

03 · Applications

Where it lives.

eternarent.com
eternarent.comThe owner's website: hero, what sets us apart, team, market
MobileBenefits for owners on eternarent.com
Business cards85 × 55 mm, portrait
A4 flyer · frontWhy choose us, original print file
A4 flyer · backWhat we do, original print file
house-rent.eu
house-rent.euThe guest's booking site, WordPress

What I did

  • 01Compass mark for two brands
  • 02Brand book: palette, type, rules
  • 03Business cards
  • 04A4 flyer
  • 05eternarent.com on WordPress
  • 06house-rent.eu on WordPress

Credits

Client: Eterna Rent srl, Milan
Brand identity & web: Luca Colucci
Type: BD Sans · Gothic Extended AT
Website images are live screenshots of eternarent.com and house-rent.eu (15 Oct 2026). The flyer and cards come from the original print files; the card faces are flattened from a 3D mock-up. Market figures and photos inside the screenshots and the flyer are the client's own.