Massimo Fenati was born in Genoa (Italy) in 1969 and completed a master’s degree in Architecture at the University of Genoa in 1994.

The following year he moved to London and started working with Jasper Morrison, in whose Office for Design he developed a number of furniture and product projects.

At the same time he started his own activity as a product and furniture designer.

After 5 years, in 2000 he left Jasper Morrison’s office and set up his own studio in London.

His free-lance activity brought him to collaborate with Daniel Weil at Pentagram on a series of furniture and interior projects for United Airlines.

Between late 2001 and spring 2003, Massimo also worked part-time on the development of the product and furniture design department at David Chipperfield Architects.

He has participated in several exhibitions, among which:

"Untitled", Galleria Acton, Milan (Furniture Fair), 1998
"Shapes", Antonio D’Amico showroom, Milan (Furniture Fair), 1999
"Designers Block ’99", London, 1999
"Borderlight", Openspace gallery, Milan (Furniture Fair), 2000
"100% Design", Earl's Court, London, 2003
"Design London", Superstudio 13, Milan (Furniture Fair), 2004
"Eureka", Furniture Works, London, 2004
"Hidden Art Revealed", Geffrye Museum, London, 2005
"The New Italian Design", Triennale di Milano, Milan, 2006-2007
"El Nuevo Diseño Italiano", Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Madrid, 2007

In 2007 he was nominated for the FX Breakthrough Talent Of The Year Award.