Jean-Marie Massaud

Jean-Marie Massaud was born in Toulouse in 1966 and graduated from Les Ateliers (ENSCI) in Paris in 1990. After working for design studios in Asia and France, he founded his own studio in Paris in 1994, practising industrial and interior design; he also develops architectural projects with Daniel Pouzet. He has taught at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where his teaching centres on a contextual approach to design, and his work is held in design museum collections in Amsterdam, Chicago, London, Lisbon, Paris and Zurich. For Viccarbe he designed Ace, a high-backed armchair built on a metal or wooden base, with optional armrests and upholstery that can be combined across seat, back, zip detail and base. An outdoor edition extends the design to terraces and gardens.