Masakazu Hori was born in 1981 in Japan, and graduated from Bachelor of Industrial Design at Osaka University of Arts in 2004. After working for four years as an in-house designer for leading pet products company in Japan, he started working as a freelance designer. Since 2008 he has lived in Dublin, started activity in Japan and Ireland, and now works some projects with several clients. He has been active at the wide variety of works, product design, furniture design, graphic design, photograph, artwork and branding. Moved stronghold to Osaka from 2011. Awards received several design competitions. Director and designer for "mhd(www.mhd-japan.com)". 2010,2011 Salone in Milan.