Majid Abbasi was born in Tehran on May 6, 1965.
He lives in Tehran. From 1986 to 1989, he was a free-lance graphic designer.
He was graduated on visual communications at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran. In 1989, Majid Abbasi established Did Graphics Inc., one of the most prestigious graphic design studios in Tehran with Firouz Shafei, his 50% partner. With his team at the studio, he has completed numerous design projects and a wide range of disciplines including corporate identities, packaging designs, advertising design campaigns, posters, book designs and web designs. Since January 2003, he has started teaching at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, following the invitation of Morteza Momayez.

He has been a member of the board and treasurer of the Iranian Graphic Designers Society (IGDS) since 2003 and the web assistant of graphiciran.com, the official website of IGDS. He is also a member of the editorial board of "Neshan", the Iranian graphic design magazine. He received national awards in different categories. He was a member of the jury at the 7th Biennial of the Iranian Graphic Designers in 2002 as well as the member of the organizing committee at the 8th & 9th Tehran International Poster Biennial.

His works have been published in some specialized international magazines and books such as 2+3D (Krakow), Art and Design (China), Creation Numerique (Paris), Domus (Milano), Etapes (Paris), Graphis (New York), KAK (Moscow), Novum (Munchen), Phaidon (New York), TipoGrafica (Buenos Aires) and TYPO (Prague).
In addition, since 1999 he has participated in many national and international exhibitions. His works are presented in well-known museums, collections and galleries around the world including Brno, Chaumont, Colorado, Krakow, Echirolles, Gijón, HangZhou, Hong Kong, Hoorn, Isfahan, Incheon, Kharkov, Lahti, La Louviere, Mons, Moscow, Ogaki, Palermo, Paris, Prague, Stuttgart, Tehran, Toyoma, Trani, Trnava and Warsaw.

He is one of the founders of a group called "The 5th Color" which is formed by a new generation of the Iranian graphic designers.