Marco Acerbis

Marco Acerbis was born in Lombardy in 1973.

STUDIES
He graduated in architecture at the Politecnico di Milano.

CAREER
From 1997 to 2004 he lives and works in London where he collaborates with the studio Foster & Partners. During these years he was involved in the construction of an eight-storey building for scientific research at Imperial College and became 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 design without limits of scale, he quickly explores with a constant interweaving of skills, insights and technologies countless themes, with the aim of creating a global project space. 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 Prius handle designed for Colombo Design wins the Honorable Mention at the XXI Compasso d’Oro. Kloe armchair designed for Desalto wins the Red Dot Design Award 2009. His interest in the themes of contemporary living also led him to actively engage in the world of eco-sustainable architecture with the construction of POLINS, Strategic Innovation Pole, building certified Casaclima Class A+.

CONGRESSES AND INTERVIEWS
2005
A conversation around Italiandesign, Fontanaarte, Sydney, Australia
2007
Make way for young people! , Design Library, Milan -A conversation around Italian design, Fontanaarte, Shanghai, China
2008
Architecture between sustainability and energy efficiency, Il Sole 24 ore, Milan -Conference exhibition Green production sites Edicom Edizioni, Bologna -L’efficienza energetica dell’edificio, Modulo, Milano -Casa & Stili, Sky Leonardo TV, Milano A conversation around Italian design, Fontanaarte, Praga -Word Fashion Channel Fashion channel TV, Milano
2010
Laboratorio di Architettura, MADE 2010, by ofArch presents the project POLINS