For each show, Maison&Objet (M&O) announces a recipient of its Designer of the Year Award, recognising and celebrating the work of a designer who demonstrates exceptional talent and skill in the international design and decoration scene.
For the January 2023 edition, M&O has picked Parisian-based designer Raphael Navot, who is a multidisciplinary interior designer.
“I am not sure there is a visual manner that can describe my aesthetics, although all the projects derive from similar values and hopefully establish a uniform style,” he says about his approach to each project.
“Natural materials and traditional craft are always present, often bespoke for each project and with certain attributes of organic forms. I often opt to achieve an experience that is somewhat timeless.”
Navot will showcase ‘The Apothem Lounge’ for the duration of the trade fair, which is held from 19 to 23 January in Paris. This immersive installation is designed to ‘portray a visual emotion’, through the curation of an open structure that will rapture people with light and texture, he explains.
“This large circular hall is designed to invite its guests to experience interiors regardless of its functionality or context. Just like a theatrical stage where the guests are the actors in a scene. Interior design is a form of scenography, it is made to set up a mood. This mood will be brought to the guests through light, colours, comfort and many other elements that are responsible for the experiences that might occur in this particular interior.
“The circular hall is protected by two layers of curved walls, allowing guests to come in or out through its 12 portals. It is an open architectural structure, a simplified maze that allows both liberty and intimacy.”
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