Adelaide Acerbi Fund

      Adelaide Acerbi

      Adelaide Acerbi

      Adelaide Acerbi (Milan, 1946 – 2009) graduated in set design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Parma, and in 1967, she founded Studio Lambda, of which she is the owner, with other colleagues and the company is active in various fields of visual communication and, more specifically coordinated corporate identity.
      Among her most significant experiences is communication activities for Driade, founded in 1968 together with her husband Enrico Astori and sister-in-law Antonia. She curated the art direction, graphics, visual merchandising and created the furniture manuals, books and packaging for Driade that, in 1981, earned the company the Compasso d’Oro Award for corporate coordinated identity. Through her work, she represented Milan’s world-renowned quality design in an exceptional manner.

        The Fund consists of various materials, including advertising pages and editorial artefacts created for Driade.

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