Design takes center stage amid the sculptures at the Bourdelle Museum for Paris Design Week 2026

For the first time, the Bourdelle Museum opens its collections to contemporary design with Contrepoint, a free installation by Anthony Guerrée that reinterprets the sculptor's lines during Paris Design Week, from 8 to 27 September 2026.

For ten days, Paris Design Week spreads design far beyond the showrooms. Studios, galleries, museums, and even more unexpected venues become the playgrounds for work that shifts from furniture to interior architecture, from decorative arts to artisan know-how. This edition gathers 500 participants across 320 Paris addresses, with the aim of sparking encounters between creators, materials, and heritage rather than letting objects gather dust on a pedestal. The event returns to the capital 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]

Le design s’invite au cœur des sculptures du musée Bourdelle pour la Paris Design Week 2026 — Alexandre Onimus

At the Musée Bourdelle, the dialogue promises to have real depth. For its inaugural collaboration with Paris Design Week, the institution welcomes Contrepoint, an installation by Anthony Guerrée set among the permanent collections from September 8 to 27, 2026. The French designer draws from Antoine Bourdelle’s sculptures—lines, curves, and tensions—that he freely transposes into wood, glass, textile, and clay. Stained glass in the plaster hall, explorations of earth mixed with studio practice, and a jacquard-covered daybed inspired by Bourdelle’s work all fuse contemporary creation with heritage, with several artisans and publishers involved in the project.

Trained at Ecole Boulle, after stints at Studio Andrée Putman and with Christophe Delcourt, Anthony Guerrée founded his own studio in 2020. His work, informed by the history of decorative arts and top-tier craftsmanship, is now on display here for free, through the museum’s collections. And since Contrepoint will remain on view until September 27, the installation will also be visible during the European Heritage Days, held on September 19 and 20, 2026: a good chance to combine heritage and contemporary design in one visit.