During the Paris Design Week, design has a knack for taking you to places you might not have imagined stepping into. The event puts contemporary creation in the spotlight across Paris and seizes the moment to explore lesser-known addresses, reveal private spaces, or pull back the curtain on the backrooms of certain venues. From September 10 to 19, 2026, exhibitions, installations and open doors become perfect pretexts to satisfy your curiosity. We discover the creations, of course, but also the walls that host them, and some are well worth lingering over.
So it’s time to go door‑crashing. Artist studios, private showrooms, exceptionally accessible spaces and more confidential addresses are opening their doors to the public—sometimes for only a few days. It’s the chance to see design where it’s made, to step into rooms usually reserved for a privileged few, or simply to discover places you wouldn’t normally visit. Here, the address matters almost as much as what it reveals: every appointment adds a little detour to the tour. Aimed at design lovers as well as curious visitors who enjoy pushing open doors that are usually kept shut.
A Bastille artists’ enclave opens its studios for a special showcase during Paris Design Week 2026
At Cité des Taillandiers, artisans and designers are opening their studios for a special occasion to reveal their techniques, materials and know‑how on September 11–12, 2026, during Paris Design Week. [Read more]
This free pop-up turns Bastille into a creative lab during Paris Design Week 2026.
In Bastille, JAD brings crafts out of the workshop with a pop-up where know-how, design and DIY brush shoulders during Paris Design Week, from September 9 to 13, 2026. [Read more]
Design takes center stage in a private salon at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées for Paris Design Week 2026
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, the dach&zephir studio opens the doors of the Boardroom at Galeries Lafayette Champs-Élysées with Souvenances, a commemorative exhibition to be seen from September 10 to 20, 2026. [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]
This design exhibition takes over the Arc de Triomphe’s inner chambers for Paris Design Week 2026.
L’Arc de Triomphe hosts "La Tempête," the new exhibition by Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau, running September 9 to October 4, 2026. Presented for Paris Design Week, it traces an artistic journey through sculpture, installations and design, up to the monument’s acrotère, exceptionally accessible to visitors. [Read more]
A Parisian townhouse conceals a free immersive installation for Paris Design Week 2026.
A townhouse in the Odéon neighborhood sheds its skin to welcome Hôtel des Possibles, the immersive installation conceived by Maison Kyka for Paris Design Week, running September 10–14, 2026. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From September 10, 2026 to September 19, 2026
