Marc Sadler

Marc Sadler, born in Innsbrück in 1946, is a French citizen who has long been based in Milan, where he has established himself as a renowned designer. A graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris, Sadler specialized in working with plastics early in his career, contributing to advancements in manufacturing technologies. He gained fame in the 1970s for designing and patenting a thermoplastic ski boot with a symmetrical shell, which became a commercial success.

His extensive collaboration with sports brands has been pivotal to his career. Notably, Sadler worked with the Italian company Caber (later Lotto) and designed an innovative back protector for Dainese in the 1990s, which is now part of the permanent design collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Sadler has been awarded the prestigious Compasso d’Oro ADI multiple times. He received the award in 1994 for the Drop rubber wall lamp designed for Flos and again in 2001 for the Tite and Mite lamps for Foscarini. These lamps, made from a combination of carbon fiber and fiberglass, not only offer functional design but also showcase a distinctive graphic pattern, with the Mite lamp now part of the permanent design collection at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Marc Sadler’s work is celebrated for its innovation, technical precision, and seamless integration of form and function.