Marco Acerbis was born in 1973 and completed his studies in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano in 1998. From 1997 to 2004 he lives and works in London where he collaborates with Foster & Partners. In these years he is involved in the construction of an eight-story building for scientific research at the Imperial College and becomes Project Leader of Capital City Academy, a high school for 1400 students, 250 meters long and inaugurated Tony Blair. In 2004, back in Italy, he opened his own architecture and design studio. Fascinated by the boundless design scale proceeds quickly exploring with a constant interweaving of skills, insights and technologies countless themes, with the aim of creating a space to global project. The Vertigo lamp, designed for Fontana Arte, quickly becomes both a best seller and a timeless icon and is included in the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum. The handle Prius designed for Colombo Design wins the Honorable Mention at the XXI Compasso d'Oro. The Kloe armchair designed for Desalto won the Red Dot Design Award 2009 and the Wave faucet designed for IB Rubinetterie won the Red Dot Design Award 2015. His interest in contemporary living also led him to actively engage in the world of sustainable architecture with the construction of POLINS, Polo di Innovazione Strategica, a certified building casaclima Classe A+.
Among the various awards he is the winner of the Good Design Award Chicago Athenaeum, twice the Red Dot Design Award, the Honorable Mention at the XXI somebody. Compasso d'Oro and is a finalist at the Renzo Piano Foundation Award for a young talent.
