Since putting on the throne as creative director at Bottega Veneta, Daniel Lee has been shaking things up from transforming it into a more millennial-sensitive label – winning four major accolades at the British Fashion Awards 2019 – to establishing a modish café in one of Osaka’s lavish shopping centres, Hankyu Umeda Store. Bottega Café sets as the first foray of the brand into hospitality, serving unpretentious Italian aperitivo and vino. Situated on the second floor, the casual diner adjoins Bottega Veneta boutique with distinctive interior design departure from the retail space. Spanning across 55 square metres, Bottega Café boasts its Italian identity with the black-and-white Venetian marble Terrazzo Palladiano style flooring while an understated bar that stretches over a bright neon pink “Bottega Café” signage painted in the brand’s trademark royal blue. Plants are everywhere – creating a blur boundary between exterior and interior – and seven ribbed glass panels are placed across the bar to suggest a garden-balcony feel.
It is a place offers openness but also privacy. You can also find intrecciato in new context – woven leather seats along with large curved foggy dew plywood benches surrounding the room. The curated menu sees café staples like freshly brewed coffee, variety of teas, pressed juices as well as Italian classics aperitif and wine from Veneto region (birthplace of Bottega Veneta).
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