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

His collaboration with Marc Berthier and his work in the field of town planning led him towards design and architecture.  He is concerned with design in various contexts, industrial products and furniture.  His contextual approach centres on research into the essential, within which the individual remains the centre of attention.  It is a work upheld by research into the senses, magic, and vital emotion.