Open Sea, in the City

Social media, art direction and ads for Fiorital's seafood risto-store

Case study · 10Padova · 2021–2022Scroll

Case study · social media, art direction, advertising

A seafood store that serves dinner.

Ytheca is Fiorital's first risto-store in Padova: a restaurant, a fish counter and the Cambusa store under one roof. Luca led its social media, the art direction of the photo and video team, post-production and Meta advertising. Over a year and a half the feed told the place, the DYP raw material blast-frozen below −60 °C, the crew at work, the Wednesday Taste Yth tastings, aperitivo nights, delivery and the Cambusa store.

Client
Ytheca by Fiorital
Sector
Seafood restaurant and store
Location
Via Carlo Rezzonico 8, Padova
Period
Aug 2021 – Dec 2022
Ytheca by Fiorital · the mark in motion

The brief

What was needed

Fiorital, the Venice-based seafood company, opened Ytheca as a restaurant, fish counter and store in one place. The job was to give Ytheca a voice and a look online, and to fill the tables.

The idea

How it was solved

The concept, "The Logbook", builds on the brand's own nautical vocabulary: open sea, in the city. Photo and video shoots were directed so raw and cooked dishes, hands at work, the dining room and the Cambusa read as one menu on the grid, with Meta campaigns optimised as they ran.

Open sea, in the city.

01 · The raw material

Minus sixty.

DYP is the house raw material: fish selected and blast-frozen below −60 °C, with no preservatives or additives. Ytheca shows the process in the open, from the freezer display to the knife, and the feed turned that technical promise into pictures of ice, frost and clean cuts.

  1. StrategyStrategic consulting for social media communication.
  2. Art directionDirection and coordination of the photo and video team.
  3. AdvertisingMeta ad campaigns, optimised as they ran.
3D render for Ytheca by FioritalSocial mediaArt directionPost-productionMeta adsFood photography

02 · Colour

The palette

Deep Navy#1F2B45Presentation
Night#141C2FPresentation
Sea Foam#40B7D3Presentation
Logbook Paper#F3F0E9Presentation
Harbour Blue#2F6C8FPresentation

Sampled from the Behance boards' art direction (The Logbook). These are presentation colours, not official Ytheca brand values.

03 · Applications

Where it lives.

Instagram profile@ythecabyfiorital, original screenshot, 2022
Calendar postsChic Nic, Auto e Moto d'Epoca, Christmas, Ferragosto, DYP
Taste YthWednesday tastings, launch Sept 2021
Taste Yth relaunchEvery Wednesday from 26 January
Food photographyOne plate, one frame
DeliveryTakeaway boxes, launched March 2022

What I did

  • 01Strategic consulting for social media communication
  • 02Art direction and coordination of the photo and video team
  • 03Post-production of photos and videos for digital use
  • 04Instagram and Facebook management, day to day
  • 05Meta ad campaigns with continuous optimisation
  • 06Event and calendar communication: Taste Yth, Christmas, Chic Nic, closures and re-openings

Credits

Client: Ytheca by Fiorital, Padova
Social media, art direction, ads: Luca Colucci
Photo and video: Ytheca production team (photographers to be credited)
Logo from ytheca.com, not designed by Luca. Instagram screen is an original screenshot of @ythecabyfiorital.