Step into Bottega Veneta’s Via Sant’Andrea flagship during Milan Design Week 2026, and you’ll find a sculptural lighting installation overhead where the ceiling has grown a forest. Korean artist Kwangho Lee has suspended a cascade of woven leather forms overhead. Loose, looping, almost botanical. All in the house’s signature shades of deep black and forest green.

This is Lightful, Lee’s third collaboration with the brand, and it reframes sculptural lighting as something closer to textile.

Each piece begins with Bottega’s leather fettucce, those same ribbons behind the maison’s intrecciato. Here, Lee twists and knots them into bulbous, organic volumes that cradle a single warm bulb. The effect is unmistakably handmade. Unmistakably alive.

Creative director Louise Trotter chose the bespoke palette, drawing directly from the brand’s signature colors. The green volumes glow like lanterns in a thicket, while the black forms recede into shadow and structure. Below, knotted leather chairs anchor the room.

For designers outfitting a boutique hotel lobby or a members’ club lounge, it’s a reminder that a light fixture can carry the weight of craft. This isn’t Bottega’s first foray into reimagined objects of luxury, but it may be their most atmospheric yet.

Images Courtesy of Bottega Veneta