Some doors are worth peeking behind. With Paris Design Week, Paris is experienced differently from September 10 to 19, 2026, as exhibitions and installations turn design into an experience to live as much as to observe. The event invites you to shift your perspective on the city and to discover creations conceived in direct dialogue with the spaces that host them. Ten days to see design converse with the city and its settings.
For this guide, we ditch the grids and head straight to Paris's gardens and courtyards. Behind the facades of private mansions, museums, and institutions, the cobbles and parterres welcome contemporary creations that make the most of the backdrop. The vegetation, light, and architecture often become part of the installations, while some works simply change how the space is used, for the duration of a visit. A chance to multiply design pauses in settings that are already worth a detour, between discreet courtyards and historic gardens.
La Caserne des Minimes embraces textile upcycling for Paris Design Week 2026.
La Caserne des Minimes puts textiles and upcycling in the spotlight with a free exhibition that reimagines everyday objects during Paris Design Week, from September 10 to 19, 2026. [Read more]
A contemporary sundial takes pride of place in the Jardin du Palais-Royal for Paris Design Week 2026.
Time is measured in shadows and light at the Jardin du Palais-Royal with Wu Bin's Time Pavilion, to be unveiled from September 9 to 20, 2026, on the occasion of Paris Design Week. [Read more]
An olfactory installation takes over the courtyard of the Maison Victor Hugo for Paris Design Week 2026.
Victor Hugo made the stones speak; Anankè now gives them a scent as well. This olfactory installation will fill the courtyard of the Maison Victor Hugo during Paris Design Week, from September 4 to 20, 2026. [Read more]
A welcoming installation unfolds in a private Marais townhouse for Paris Design Week 2026.
Urban furniture takes over the courtyard of a Marais townhouse with an installation designed for sitting, chatting and watching, during Paris Design Week, September 10–19, 2026. [Read more]
Two free installations at the Paris Historical Library for Paris Design Week 2026
At the Historical Library of the City of Paris, design takes to the terrace: a cafe reimagined by around forty designers sits alongside Fibois’ wooden installations at the Hôtel de Lamoignon, from September 10 to 19, 2026, during Paris Design Week. [Read more]
These planter-sculptures add a fresh perspective to the Hôtel de Soubise for Paris Design Week 2026.
At the Hôtel de Soubise, the box hedges and the columns welcome new neighbors: Johanna de Clisson’s white sandstone sculptures, on display from September 10 to 19, 2026, for Paris Design Week. [Read more]
The gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan play host to a sinuous sculpture for Paris Design Week 2026.
A wooden ribbon unfurls through the gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan as Pierre Renart unveils Arabesque, a sculptural bench imagined for Paris Design Week, from September 10 to 19, 2026. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From September 10, 2026 to September 19, 2026
