Miami meets Montebello

Bottega Veneta Retouch Miami Design District. Robin Hill

Inspired by process and purity, color and clarity, the contrast of materials define Bottega Veneta’s new space. The intention is to create maximum light, elevate beauty and showcase the product in total transparency.

Outside, the green Verde Chianti lettering adds refinement to the rough-cut exterior. A high-gloss green frame is offset by an oversized brass buckle, reimagined as a door handle. Inside, surfaces juxtapose raw and refined materials: plaster and marble, concrete and brass, plywood and leather, resin and reclaimed wood.

Terrazzo Palladiano flooring is patterned in Verde Guatemala, Bianco di Carrara, Verde Alpi and Nero Marquina marble while stark white shelves are a blank canvas to the display products.

Accessories sit on tables with a Bottega blue finish, ready-to-wear hangs from bars anchored by marble slabs, women on ground level, men on upper and eyewear is set within blue mirror panels.

The pink plaster and marble stairwell leads to the warmth of reclaimed wood flooring on the upper floor. A rich ochre leather padded bench and a Murano glass and blue resin side table are situated atop custom-cut rugs with bold yellow and orange highlights.

Both floors are connected through color and a sense of calm as Miami’s Design District meets Daniel Lee’s Bottega Veneta.

“I wanted a one-off store that fused Miami with Montebello creating a space with a modern sense of color, calmness and joy,” Daniel Lee, creative director, enthused.

In the Philippines, Bottega Veneta is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists Inc., and is located at Greenbelt 4 and Shangri-La Plaza East Wing. Visit www.ssilife.com.ph or follow @ssilifeph on Instagram for more information.