Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959, and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School, London and The Royal College of Art for Post Graduate studies. In 1984 he studied at Berlin's HdK on a Scholarship.  In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London. His work was included in the Documenta 8 exhibition in Kassel in 1987, for which he designed the Reuters News Centre. The following year he was invited to take part in Design Werkstatt, a part of the Berlin, Cultural City of Europe program, where he exhibited at the DAAD Gallery. 

Magis is the furniture brand that has given a novel twist to domestic design, building its identity on incorporating leading edge technology into mass production. Founded in 1976 in the bustling north eastern corner of Italy by a newcomer to the furniture business, Eugenio Perazza, Magis is today a giant international furniture design laboratory that constantly puts itself to the test, seeking technological sophistication and employing a highly diversified workforce.

Magis Design Furniture seizes the day. It embraces the creativity of leading global designers (Richard Sapper, Jasper Morrison, Stefano Giovannoni, Marc Newson, James Irvine, Konstantin Grcic, Ron Arad, the Bouroullecs and many others) and channels it towards chairs, tables and accessories perched on the cutting edge. The company even earned kudos from the trendsetter's bible, Wallpaper, which placed Perazza on top of its list of Ten who will change the way we live.