Jean-Marie Massaud

Jean-Marie Massaud was born on 8 September 1966 in Toulouse, France. He graduated from ENSCI – Les Ateliers in Paris in 1990 and began working with the designer Marc Berthier. In 2000 he co-founded Studio Massaud with Daniel Pouzet to…

Biography

Background

Jean-Marie Massaud was born on 8 September 1966 in Toulouse, France. He graduated from ENSCI – Les Ateliers in Paris in 1990 and began working with the designer Marc Berthier. In 2000 he co-founded Studio Massaud with Daniel Pouzet to extend his work into architecture.

Signature Style

Massaud describes a quest for synthesis, reduction and lightness. Nature is his primary source of inspiration, and his work aims to reconcile pleasure with responsibility and the individual with the collective, giving it a signature of simple elements, essential lines and great lightness.

Notable Works

Chivas (Omnilife) Stadium, Guadalajara, completed 2011
Manned Cloud airship-hotel concept with ONERA, and the MeWe concept car with Toyota
Axor Massaud bathroom collection for Hansgrohe
Yale sofa for MDF Italia (Compasso d'Oro 2011)
For Poliform: Sydney, Bristol, Mondrian, Le Club, Home Hotel bench, Creek and Mush tables

Legacy

Designer of the Year at ELLE DECO France (2005) and Créateur de l'Année at the Paris Salon du Meuble (2007), Massaud has works in the collections of the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, the Stedelijk Museum and, in Paris, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs.