Marc Sadler was born in Innsbruck, Austria in 1946. He is a French citizen and after having studios in New York, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Venice he currently lives in Milan.
Sadler graduated from the "Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs" (E.N.S.A.D.) in Paris in 1968.
In 1969 he founded "Deco Design" and joined the group "France Design" in 1970. Continuing his research into plastic materials he created products for the most different sectors, from sport (in 1998 the Museum of Modern Art in New York added his back protector, designed for Dainese, to its permanent collection) to the sector of furnishings and mass consumption products.
Marc Sadler works for Beretta, Faram, Watco and Matrix in the United States and Fratelli Guzzini in Italy. Since 2002 he has been art director of Ideal Standard, in charge of the company's design strategy at European level. For Boffi he created the Alukit kitchen and bathroom system, the dumb waiter Gaston and the multiuse bathroom column Totem.
Sadler is also active in the area of teaching, and holds conferences and workshops at design schools and universities in Italy and abroad(Domus Academy Milan, European Design Institute Milan, Milan Polytechnic, Ecole Supériore d’Art of Nancy, Royal College of Art London etc.)
He has received a series of awards including the Compasso d'Oro ADI for the soft lamp "Drop" (1995) designed for Flos-Arteluce, Createur de l'année at the Paris Salon du Meuble (1997); Compasso d'Oro ADI for the fiberglass and carbonium lamps "Tite" and "Mite" designed for Foscarini-Murano (2001).
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