Paris Design Week does more than showcase design: it brings it to life. From September 10 to 19, 2026, a number of events play with the senses—motion, light, sound, and materials—to offer something beyond a mere tour. You walk in, move around, sometimes touch, feel, sit, and observe differently. In short, design shifts from contemplation to experience, with formats that invite the public to become more than just spectators.
Paris Design Week 2026: our guide to events, venues, and installations to discover
Design takes over Paris from September 10 to 19, 2026. Paris Design Week unveils installations, artworks and experiences across a multitude of venues, with many events open to the public. [Read more]
For those who love an exhibition that truly comes to life, immersive, experiential, and sensory experiences are well worth checking out. Some lean into scent, others into light, reflections, or textures, while still others completely transform the way you inhabit a space or move through an installation. The appeal lies precisely in this diversity. Immersion can come from a fragrance, a change in scale, a texture, the way you circulate, or a different relationship to the space. Design isn’t something you merely look at: it’s something you feel, engage with, and move through.
This Odéon townhouse is still open for a few more days during Paris Design Week 2026.
In Odéon, a townhouse is once again opening its doors to the public for a few days, hosting Hôtel des Possibles—an immersive installation on view until 14 September 2026 for Paris Design Week. [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]
Paris Design Week 2026 : fragrance makes its way into the courtyard of Victor Hugo's House
At Maison Victor Hugo, design goes through the nose with Anankè, an olfactory installation showcased in the courtyard from September 4 to 20, 2026 during Paris Design Week. [Read more]
Dates and Opening Time
From September 10, 2026 to September 19, 2026
Paris Design Week 2026: our guide to events, venues, and installations to discover
