Sea, then sun

Social media, advertising and a summer menu for a cocktail and tapas bar in Cefalù

Case study · 20Cefalù · 2023–2024Scroll

Case study · social media, advertising, menu design

One post the sea, the next the sun.

NEO Mediterraneo Vibes is a cocktail and tapas bar at Via Vanni 100 in the old town of Cefalù, Sicily, with food and cocktails based on Mediterranean ingredients. Over the summers of 2023 and 2024 Luca handled social and graphics, advertising and the summer menu. The plan started from the audience and the summer tourism of the town, and the feed alternates topics and colours: one post teal like the sea, the next orange like the sun.

Client
NEO Mediterraneo Vibes
Sector
Cocktail and tapas bar
Location
Via Vanni 100, Cefalù, Sicily
Seasons
Summer 2023 and summer 2024
NEO Mediterraneo Vibes · the mark in motion

The brief

What was needed

A lifestyle bar focused on guests and ingredients needed a communication plan for the summer tourism of Cefalù. The style and the advertising had to come from a study of the audience, in English and Italian.

The idea

How it was solved

The NEO hexagon and its two colours became the rule of the feed: cocktails and plates shot on teal and orange sets, so the grid alternates by itself. Every signature cocktail got its own name and recipe, and in 2024 the feed opened up to the town with type posters, take-away, beach delivery and live music nights.

Every drink has a name.

01 · One hexagon, two colours

Sea, then sun.

The NEO mark stacks N, NEO and O inside a copper hexagon on deep teal. The feed borrows the two colours and turns them into sea and sun, topic after topic, colour after colour.

  1. The hexagonThe recurring shape: logo, coasters, story frames and the menu.
  2. The alternationOne post teal like the sea, the next orange like the sun.
  3. The namesEach signature cocktail has its own post, name and recipe in the caption.
3D render for NEO Mediterraneo VibesSocial mediaAdvertisingMenu designArt direction

02 · Colour

The palette

Deep teal#155B66the hexagon
Copper#C45A20the letters
Light copper#F2A477the shine
Sea#16B3B5the photos
Sun#E9772Fthe photos
Sand#F4EADBthe paper

Hex values as printed on the brand board of the Behance case study (logo, palette and the hexagon at work).

03 · Applications

Where it lives.

@neomediterraneovibesSummer 2023 grid, rebuilt from posts
Sea, then sunSummer 2023 feed
A counter, endless experiencesType posts and the Blindpig guest night
StoriesVia Vanni 100, Concettina, take-away
Signature drinks and Sicily, out loud2023 cocktails, 2024 posters
Weird Summer Menu 2023Mock-up photo from the original presentation

What I did

  • 01Communication plan from an audience and tourism study
  • 02Instagram content and feed art direction, 2023–2024
  • 03Signature cocktail posts with names and recipes
  • 04Type posters and stories for summer 2024
  • 05Live music and event communication
  • 06Advertising
  • 07Weird Summer Menu 2023

Credits

Client: NEO Mediterraneo Vibes, Cefalù
Work: Luca Colucci — communication plan, social media and graphics, advertising, summer menu
Posts as published on @neomediterraneovibes; the phone grid is rebuilt from published posts, not a screenshot of the profile. The menu image is a mock-up photo from the original presentation. Cocktail and food photography may be by a photographer to be credited.