Bottega Veneta's creative director Matthieu Blazy has designed the brand's Avenue Montaigne flagship store in Paris, which is dominated by walnut wood fittings and glass bricks. The 800-metre-square shop features industrial, square glass blocks integrated into the floors, ceilings and walls, creating a geometric grid which diffuses light throughout the store. The front door of the shop features a unique glass handle by the Venice-based Japanese glass artist, Ritsue Mishima.

The walls, floors and ceilings are made of walnut wood, which sets off the glass brick texture.The same wood was used in transitional spaces for a spiral staircase, curved corridor and for statement details like a display table and wooden columns. The interior design aims to balance volume and scale throughout the space – from blown-up elements, like the wooden details echoing the woven leather "intrecciato" reminiscent of Bottega Veneta's handbags, to the thousands of glass bricks.

Within the space, enclaves of soft seating and carpeted dressing rooms create smaller areas, contrasting the wide open stretches of glass brick in the main store. Sofas and chairs were styled in giant woven leather panels, also echoing the "intrecciato" technique Bottega Veneta is famous for in their handbag design. The woven pattern is echoed in the carving of walnut tables and columns. Wool carpets and mirrored clothes rails complete the interior scheme for the open-plan space.