In September, the Paris Design Week is set to awaken all the senses. From September 10 to 19, 2026, the urban design festival returns to transform Paris into a full‑scale laboratory, where galleries, museums, hidden courtyards and heritage addresses lend their walls—and sometimes their gardens—to creators. Furniture, architecture, materials, craftsmanship and even more unexpected experiences step out of the showrooms to meet the public, with many events free of charge. And since design isn’t just about what we see, some installations are also designed to whet the sense of smell.
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]
The proof is staged in the courtyard of the Maison Victor Hugo, where Lucas Huillet and Alexandre Helwani lend their noses to literature with Anankè, on view from 4 to 20 September 2026. Drawing primarily on Notre-Dame de Paris and Les Contemplations, the duo seizes this Greek word tied to the urge to trace the origins of architecture, writing, and memory. At the heart of the installation, a contemporary menhir releases incense while its fractured twin becomes ceramic furniture adorned with scent capsules, with an olfactory creation imagined by master perfumer Nathalie Lorson of dsm-firmenich. The pairing is no accident: Lucas Huillet moves between design, interior architecture, and ceramics, while Alexandre Helwani is a perfumer and historian of fragrance; the two have been crossing their disciplines for four years. Even the museum café joins in the game with a menu inspired by the installation’s scents.
Hugo could make stones talk; here, they’re also set to tickle our noses.
Dates and Opening Time
From September 4, 2026 to September 20, 2026
Location
Victor Hugo's house
6, place des Vosges
75004 Paris 4
Route planner
Prices
Free
Official website
www.maison-objet.com
Paris Design Week 2026 returns in September: dates, venues and the lineup of free installations.
