FOUNDING PRINCIPLES

BOTTEGA VENETA’S FOUNDING PRINCIPLES ARE DERIVED FROM OUR ORIGINAL COMPANY CREST WHICH BEARS THE LATIN MOTTO “LABOR ET INGENIUM”, SIGNIFYING CRAFT AND CREATIVITY.

TOGETHER, CRAFT AND CREATIVITY SPEAK TO THE MEETING OF HAND AND THE MIND, ARTIST AND ARTISAN, IDEA AND APPLICATION. THIS COMBINATION IS AT THE ESSENCE BOTTEGA VENETA SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1966. THROUGH CRAFT, WE EXPRESS OUR CREATIVITY. THROUGH CREATIVITY, WE KEEP OUR CRAFT IN MOTION.

CRAFT AND CREATIVITY ALSO REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY THAT IS AT THE HEART OF BOTTEGA VENETA. IT’S IN OUR NAME: BOTTEGA VENETA MEANS “VENETIAN ARTISANAL WORKSHOP”. UNLIKE OTHER BRANDS, OUR HOUSE WAS NAMED NOT AFTER ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL BUT AFTER A COLLECTIVE “BOTTEGA”, OR WORKSHOP, WHERE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IDEAS, PERSPECTIVES, AND SKILLS ARE UNITED IN AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND A UNIQUE VISION OF LUXURY.