FontanaArte - Vertigo floor lamp 

This indirect light floor lamp with its distinctive sharp corners and edges is the result of folding a fine sheet of aluminum. The structure is mounted on a steel base and can be rotated 320°.

Marco Acerbis

Marco Acerbis was born in 1973 and graduated in architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1998. From 1997 to 2004 he lived and worked in London where he has been collaborated with Foster & Partners. Over there years he has been involved in the construction of an eight-story building for scientific research at Imperial College and became Project Leader of Capital City Academy, a 250-meter-long High School building for 1400 students which was opened by Tony Blair. In 2004, he returned to Italy and opened his own architecture and design studio. Fascinated by design without limits of scale he quickly proceeded to explore with a constant of skills, insights and technologies countless themes, with the goal of creating a global design space. The Vertigo lamp, designed for Fontana Arte, quickly became both a best seller and a timeless icon and was included in the permanent collection of the Vitra Design Museum. Prius door handle designed for Colombo Design won a Special Mention at XXI Compasso d’Oro ADI. The Kloe armchair designed for Desalto wins the 2009 Red Dot Design Award and the Wave tap designed for IB Rubinetterie wins the 2015 Red Dot Design Award and and the Good Design Award Chicago Athenaeum in 2013. His interest in contemporary living issues also led him to actively engage in the world of eco-sustainable architecture with the construction of POLINS, Polo di Innovazione Strategica, a CasaClima Class A+ certified building.

FontanaArte

Fontana Arte specializes in glass processing and the manufacture of furnishing accessories. Founded in 1881 in Milan by Luigi Fontana, it began as an industry producing glass sheets for building purposes. It had Giò Ponti, Pietro Chiesa and Max Ingrand as artistic directors. It gained notoriety especially for its processing of curved crystal and production of lighting applies. Lighting is also design; numerous brands make it possible to combine functionality with aesthetics, making lamps, wall sconces, and spotlights true pieces of furniture. Among them is FontanArte, which has marked the history of lighting design. In over than 80 years of activity, the brand has received numerous awards, including the Compasso d'oro Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, given by the ADI - Association for Industrial Design: "thanks to the collaboration with different designers, has been able to create a lively creative climate that has upgraded one of the historical names of Italian design."