Day and night on the Costa Smeralda

Social media and Meta advertising for two venues in Porto Rotondo, Sardinia

Case study · 16Porto Rotondo · 2020–2021Scroll

Case study · social media, advertising

Day at The Bay, night at the Country.

Country Club Porto Rotondo has been the Costa Smeralda's club for parties and Dolce Vita nightlife since 1980; The Bay is its restaurant and bar on the beach, with water sports and yoga. Over the summers of 2020 and 2021 Luca ran social media for both profiles on Instagram and Facebook, and their Meta advertising. Two feeds ran side by side: posters, guest DJs and concerts by night; loungers, lunches and sunsets by day.

Client
Country Club Porto Rotondo and The Bay
Sector
Nightlife and beach hospitality
Location
Porto Rotondo, Sardinia
Seasons
Summer 2020 and summer 2021
Club Porto Rotondo & The Bay · the mark in motion

The brief

What was needed

A summer season full of events and activities, for guests arriving from all over the world. Two profiles had to run at once, the Country Club for the nights and The Bay for the days by the sea, each with its own voice but the same audience.

The idea

How it was solved

Two logos, two tones: The Bay signs in a loose teal script, light and airy by day; the Country stands in bold condensed capitals, deep and neon by night. Concerts and DJ nights became posters for the feed, while highlights split each profile into chapters.

One coast, two moods.

01 · Sun and moon

Two feeds, never mixed.

The Country and The Bay share an audience but not a mood. The Bay's feed slows down with loungers, bottles on ice and lunch on the beach; the Country's feed lines up guest DJs, closing parties and the opening night.

  1. By daySand, a teal sea and a gold sun: light, warm photos and few words.
  2. By nightNavy, a moon and neon teal: posters with the date in big type.
  3. HighlightsEach profile is split into chapters: food, beach, night, guest DJs.
3D render for Club Porto Rotondo & The BaySocial mediaMeta AdsInstagramFacebook

02 · Colour

The palette

Night navy#212B4ECountry, night
Neon teal#3DE5F2night accent
Bay teal#248C96The Bay script logo
Sun gold#EBBF7Eday accent
Sand#F4EDE3day background
Stone grey#8B8B8BThe Bay logo, PORTO ROTONDO

Sampled from the two logos and the day/night art direction of the Behance boards; there is no official colour sheet in the material.

03 · Applications

Where it lives.

@countryclubportorotondoCountry profile, night
Eiffel 65 in concertPost, 12 August 2021
Loungers by the waterThe Bay post
@thebayportorotondoThe Bay profile, day
Every night, a new tileCountry feed, phone mock-up
Food, beach, nightThe Bay post, phone mock-up

What I did

  • 01Instagram and Facebook for the Country Club
  • 02Instagram and Facebook for The Bay
  • 03Event posts for concerts and guest DJs
  • 04Highlights structure for both profiles
  • 05Meta advertising campaigns
  • 06Summer seasons 2020 and 2021

Credits

Client: Country Club Porto Rotondo and The Bay — Porto Rotondo, Sardinia
Social: Luca Colucci — Instagram and Facebook, Meta advertising
Profiles and posts from the original presentation; profile screens are rectified from the 3D phone mock-ups, and the photos with phones are mock-ups. Event artwork and photos belong to the venues and artists.