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.
For this guide, head to the outdoor installations. Monumental or more discreet, participatory or contemplative, they occupy public space and play 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 for the scale of the site. The main appeal of these installations is precisely their ability to engage with what surrounds them, without disconnecting visitors from the rest of the city. A chance to discover design in motion along a walk, with Paris itself becoming part of the experience.
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]
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]
A monumental textile installation around the July Column at the Place de la Bastille for Paris Design Week 2026
La Bastille unfurls the colors of sustainable design! With The Reprise of the Bastille, 196 flags crafted from used clothing surround the July Column from September 9 to 20, 2026, for Paris Design Week. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From September 10, 2026 to September 19, 2026
