Dezeen promotion: Ramy Fischler has been announced as Designer of the Year for Maison&Objet's September 2018 edition, and will exhibit his work in a self-designed space at the fair in Paris.
The Belgian designer, who is based in Paris, has been awarded the title for the next edition of the French Furniture and Decoration Fair ? set to take place from 7 to 11 September, 2018.

The fair organisers describe Fischler as a "free spirit" who is strongly influenced by cinema and practices design in the same way a director makes a film.
"Rather than focus on the formal aspects of space or product design, Ramy Fischler prefers to question the value of function: anticipating tomorrow's behaviours, defining the reason and use of each project, visualising the environment where a piece would be effective, these are the preliminary steps in his creative process," said Maison&Objet. "For Ramy Fischler, design must make sense," the organisers continued. "Fiction and collaborative work are the twin pillars of his process."

"His interior design projects for private residences and restaurants regularly give him the opportunity to design furniture, which he produces himself and shows in galleries," the organisers added.
"He also creates hybrid objects that illustrate his capacity to blur the boundaries between disciplines."
Originally from Belgium, Fischler moved to Paris in 1998. His "taste for experimentation" be...