Design also likes to go outdoors. During the Paris Design Week, creativity spills from gallery walls into streets, squares, gardens and open spaces, where it faces the city and the people who pass through it. This new edition runs from September 10 to 19, 2026 and invites visitors to discover installations that change with light, movement, weather, or simply the angle of the observer. Some works emerge as you stroll, giving Paris a different rhythm for the duration of the event.
Paris Design Week 2026: the events, installations and exhibitions to discover before it ends
The Paris Design Week is coming to a close, with only a few days left to wander through installations, exhibitions and events scattered across the capital. [Read more]
For this guide, our sights are set on the outdoor installations. Monumental or more discreet, participatory or contemplative, they occupy public space and interact with their immediate surroundings. A square, a garden or a courtyard can thus become the backdrop for sculptural furniture, a lighting structure, or a work conceived to fit the place. The real appeal of these installations lies precisely in their ability to converse with what surrounds them, without detaching visitors from the rest of the city. A chance to discover design on the move through a walk, letting Paris become part of the experience.
The 196 recycled flags from Paris Design Week 2026 are set to depart Bastille soon.
The Re-Take of the Bastille is nearing its end: 196 flags crafted from repurposed clothing still encircle the Colonne de Juillet through September 20, 2026. [Read more]
This stunning Paris Design Week 2026 installation, housed in a Marais townhouse, is drawing to a close.
Harry Nuriev's installation is entering its final days at the Museum of Hunting and Nature: this open-air still life reworks dozens of everyday objects and runs until September 20, 2026. [Read more]
Arcanum Formæ : Joseph Walsh's free installation will soon leave the Hôtel de Sully
Arcanum Formæ still traces its curves at the Hôtel de Sully until October 25, 2026, before wood, bronze and gold depart from the forecourt, the Orangerie and the gardens. [Read more]
Only a few days left to see this contemporary sundial at the Palais-Royal.
The sun keeps turning, and the Pavilion of Time is also approaching its final turn at the Jardin du Palais-Royal: Wu Bin's installation is on view until September 20, 2026. [Read more]
This free fragrance installation will soon leave the courtyard of the Maison Victor Hugo.
Anankè still lingers in the air at Maison Victor Hugo: the olfactory installation continues in the courtyard until September 20, 2026. [Read more]
This design interlude remains open for a few more days in the courtyard of a private mansion in the Marais.
Before returning to its usual backdrop, the courtyard of this townhouse in the Marais is still hosting for a few more days this installation conceived as a place to sit, chat and observe. [Read more]
Paris Historical Library: two design events to check out before September 19
Design remains on view at the Hôtel de Lamoignon for a few more days, where two free installations are open to visitors until 19 September 2026. [Read more]
Arabesque: designer Pierre Renart's wooden ribbon to be removed soon from the gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan
Before leaving the gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan, Arabesque will continue to unfold its line of wooden works until September 19, 2026. [Read more]
Paris Design Week 2026: the Caserne des Minimes' upcycling exhibition is drawing to a close.
At Caserne des Minimes, the free installation devoted to textile upcycling is in its final days. Presented as part of Paris Design Week, it gives textiles a second life and reimagines everyday objects until September 19, 2026. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From September 10, 2026 to September 19, 2026
Paris Design Week 2026: the events, installations and exhibitions to discover before it ends
