Paris Design Week 2026: the Time Pavilion plays with shadow and light at the Palais-Royal

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At the Jardin du Palais-Royal, Wu Bin, founder of the studio W.DESIGN, makes time his material with The Pavilion of Time, on view from September 9 to 20, 2026. The Chinese designer envisions a circular, miniature architecture in polished stainless steel with a translucent membrane, its delicate silhouette reminiscent of Xuan paper. The reflections of the sky, the garden, and passersby gradually blur the structure’s edges, while light passes through the membrane and redefines the pavilion as the day unfolds. In the end, the installation operates like a large-scale sundial, where time is read not by a hand but by shadows, reflections, and shifting light.

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At the Palais-Royal, time is revealed by the light.

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