Jean-Marie Massaud
Paris, France

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Jean-Marie Massaud
Studio Massaud

7 rue Tolain
75020 Paris
France

T: +33 (0) 1 40 09 54 14
F: +33 (0) 1 40 09 08 16

Biography

Born in 1966 in Toulouse (France), Jean-Marie Massaud graduated in 1990 from Les Ateliers, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle.

His collaboration with Marc Berthier and his work on town planning projects inspires him to fuse design and architecture. Consequently, he collaborates on many different aspects of design from furniture through to industrial products. His approach is centred on the search for a pure aesthetic, where the individuals’ needs are always paramount.

The key to his continued success lies in his ability to create magical designs that are full of vitality, and never ordinary.To date, he has worked for prestigious companies such as, Yamaha Offshore and Renault, Italian furniture producers Cappellini, and Cassina, and luxury brands Armani and Baccarat.In 2000 he founded Studio Massaud with DANIEL POUZET and orientated his activity towards architectural projects.

To date, the studio has redefined the architectural brand images of Lancôme and Renault and has directed large-scale projects such as: the Tanabe House (Fukuoka, Japan), a 50,000 seat stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico…

Articles about Jean-Marie Massaud

FEATURED NOVELTY

Arper 2024: STEEVE LOU

10/21/2024

With ‘Steeve Lou’, Jean-Marie Massaud has designed a free-standing sofa for Arper that has a pleasantly airy appearance thanks to its base frame with T-feet.

REVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE & MILAN DESIGN WEEK 2023

Back to the future

4/24/2023

What does a trade fair like the Salone del Mobile.Milano currently need in order to inspire companies and guests alike? With which concepts do the creatives of Milan Design Week react to the structural changes that the industry has undergone in the last four years? Our Review.

STYLEPARK ARPER

Going full tilt

10/24/2022

Furniture that does brilliantly in functional and aesthetic terms, both in your own four walls and in classic office spaces. That is something Arper was achieving even before remote working became all the fashion.

DESIGN

Dedon 2022: PAROS

3/8/2022

With "PAROS", Dedon offers a modular lounge collection that lets us look towards summer: Jean-Marie Maussaud created the design, which offers many practical elements.

PREVIEW – SALONE DEL MOBILE 2021

On your marks, get set, super!

8/27/2021

September is approaching and with it the supersalone – a highly anticipated event that brings the design scene back together in Milan after the dry spell of the last few months. In addition to the exhibition at the fairgrounds, you can look forward to a wide range of events in the city. We show you which events you should not miss.

DESIGN

Arper 2020: ASTON CLUB

7/1/2020

Arper is adding a new design to the successful "Aston" collection developed by Jean-Marie Massaud in 2006: the "Aston Club" lounge chair.

STYLEPARK AXOR

Long-term investments

4/6/2020

With “AXOR Edge” by Jean-Marie Massaud AXOR is setting new standards in terms of manufacturing quality. A key role is played by a machine from the aerospace industry.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Live from the ISH 2019

3/11/2019

Every two years, the world's leading trade fair for water, heat and air conditioning ISH in Frankfurt am Main presents the latest developments in the sector. Stylepark will show you some impressions of ISH 2019.

STYLEPARK SELECTED IMM COLOGNE 2019

Simply the best!

12/20/2018

At imm cologne 2019, Stylepark will present its Stylepark Selected Award to the most interesting new products at the fair.

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2017

Fortune follows passion

4/24/2017

Nemo was founded together with Cassina. In two steps the luminaire brand was then acquired by entrepreneur Federico Palazzari. In conversation with Thomas Edelmann he talks about the proven approaches and pragmatic experiments.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Not just for your yacht

4/5/2016

“Dean” by Jean-Marie Massaud for Dedon

A clear and timeless appearance on the outside – full of innovative technology on the inside.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Refined blinds

3/29/2016

“Lloyd” by Jean-Marie Massaud for Poltrona Frau

Like a fence, offering spaces to look through.

DESIGN

Good night guaranteed

2/15/2016

Relax, read or work – bedrooms have long since ceased to only be used for sleeping. Assuming the bed is comfy and flexible – and cuts a fine figure, too.

DESIGN

Not without my quilt

11/18/2015

Hard-edged and technoid or soft and round – formally furniture and fashion are certainly not so far apart from each other.

FEATURED

You don’t need much in a shower

9/30/2015

DESIGN

Pretty hot-wired

7/7/2015

They were all the rage in the 1950s, now they are back again: metal-wire structures, both stable and delicate in appearance. We have picked out several large and small tables for you.

DESIGN

Four legs and a seat shell

6/13/2015

Yes, folks, it really does exist: the universal chair of 2015. It was designed by various hands, comes in numerous versions and yet still follows a typology going back to a famous forebear. Ultimately, it is the subtle differences that count.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Clerics meet Matrizia

4/22/2015

“An impure tongue does not taste; dulled senses only notice the sharpest stimuli, or they chew more than they feel.” – Johann Gottfried von Herder

FAIRS & EVENTS

Milan, the full Monty!

4/6/2015

Given their sheer immensity, you need to plan your visit to the Salone and the Fuorisalone in Milan quite carefully. Find out below which events, places, shows and symposiums are the real musts.

INTERVIEWS

A vortex in bathrooms

3/6/2015

In the form of the “Axor Starck V” fountain mixer, Axor, Hansgrohe SE’s design brand, is entering virgin territory and conjuring up a vortex in bathrooms. Thomas Wagner talked to Philippe Grohe, MD of the Axor brand, on flowing and calm water, on vortices and other ways of making water a sensible experience.

FAIRS & EVENTS

Comfy chair with a fur collar

9/3/2014

What happens if fashion and furniture embark on a relationship? We’ve made a few matches for you from among the novelties at the Milan Salone and the catwalk couture for the coming winter season. All just coincidence?

MAGAZINE

Take your dromedary to the beach

7/26/2013

To construct a fun car you need more than a great idea and a good mood. As can be seen from a comparison between the unique “Méhari” Citroën and Jean-Marie Massaud’s concept for a Toyota “Me.We”.

MAGAZINE

Twelve urban garden tools

5/8/2013

Today amateur gardeners are referred to as urban gardeners. The new generation of urban nature lovers has no need for simple flower pots; multifunctional is the name of the game!

MAGAZINE

Life is too short for jetlag

5/2/2013

Jean-Marie Massaud lives and works according to the motto “Design is nothing, life is everything.” Uta Abendroth spoke to the Frenchman about his “Lightwing” design for Foscarini, the quality of light, the right way to grow and life outside of work.