Commissioned by Matthieu Blazy for Bottega Veneta, The Ark is a limited-edition lounge chair collection inspired by the Zanotta Sacco. First designed in 1968 by Piero Gatti, Cesare Paolini, and Franco Teodoro, the Sacco shares the same softness, anti-formalism, and fluidity that characterized Bottega Veneta’s earliest bag designs. In his lively take on Zanotta’s design classic, Blazy’s reinterpretation of the Sacco utilizes the chair’s malleability, metamorphosing its shape into playful animal forms. Each iteration is an evocation of childlike creativity, summoning up wonder, boundless imagination, and what Blazy refers to as ‘the power of wow.’ The Collection features 15 animals in a variety of colorways: dog, panda, rabbit, ladybird, snake, bird, chicken, dinosaur, otter, elephant, cat, fox, bear, horse, whale. The light grey rabbit and white chicken will be exclusively available at Design Miami, December 3 – 8.