Jean-Marie Massaud graduated in 1990 from Les Ateliers, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Paris. He began to work both in Asia and in France, finally opening his own office in Paris in 1994. Since then, he has dedicated himself to industrial and furniture design, creating products for very popular and prestigious Italian companies such as Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Cappellini, MDF Italia and B&B Italia Outdoor.