A monumental textile installation around the July Column at the Place de la Bastille for Paris Design Week 2026

For a few days, Paris reads like a life-size map of contemporary design. Paris Design Week keeps design moving from one district to the next, from galleries to heritage sites, from studios to public spaces, with installations that play as much with form as with use. The route offers a chance to discover fresh talents, spot the trends shaping the sector, and see how designers and maisons reinvent materials, objects and the way we inhabit the city, from September 10 to 19, 2026.

Paris Design Week 2026 returns in September: dates, venues and the lineup of free installations.
Design takes up residence in Paris with Paris Design Week 2026, back from September 10 to 19, 2026. Between free installations, bold new works, and venues redesigned for the occasion, here’s what to expect. [Read more]

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Textiles reclaim space in Bastille. After a first foray in 2025, when Aude Franjou had grown her Coraux de la Liberté in the inner rotunda of the base of the Colonne de Juillet, the material returns to the open air with The Re-take of the Bastille, to be unveiled on the place from September 9 to 20, 2026. Conceived by Claire Renard and Jean-Sébastien Blanc of the Studio 5.5, in partnership with Festival du Monde and Refashion, the monumental installation unfolds around the column with 196 flags made from discarded clothing. The 195 UN member and observer states rub shoulders with a white flag, in a fabric play where fragments, colors and memories are stitched together by multiple voices. The choice of Bastille Square is no accident: liberty, revolution and coexistence find a new banner here, while reuse takes to new heights and reminds us that a garment at the end of its life can still be reshaped... and even become a work of art.
And since the principle is precisely to leave nothing to waste, the flags will be given a new life alongside the installation: each will be auctioned on Drouot.com, also from September 9 to 20, 2026.