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BIOAwarded Compasso d’Oro in 2024Born in 1973 Marco Acerbis graduates in architecture from Politecnico di Milano in 1998. From 1997 to 2004 he lives in London where he works with Lord Norman Foster's Studio. Over these years he collaborates on the construction of an eight storey high Medical Research Building at the Imperial College Campus in London. He then becomes Project Architect for Capital City Academy, a 250 meter long High School building for 1400 students which was opened by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He sets up his own practice in Italy in 2004. Fascinated by designing at very different scales he quickly moves on to explore with a constant cross over of skills, ideas, tools and technologies all sorts of subjects trying to achieve a globally designed space. The Vertigo floor lamp, designed for FontanaArte in 2004, was immediately acknowledged as an icon of our time and is now included in Vitra Design Museum permanent collection. His interest for sustainable design is equally applied to architecture and product design, going from buildings like Xeliox Energy Lab and Polins to energy saving devices like DiCE for AB Energie. Several awards and recognitions have been achieved over the years Amongst which the Special Mention at XXI Compasso d'Oro ADI, two Red Dot Design Awards and The Good Design Award and the Compasso d’Oro