Paris Design Week 2026: where to catch immersive and sensory installations in Paris?

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: Free installations to discover this September
Design takes over Paris as Paris Design Week 2026 returns, running from September 10 to 19, 2026. From installations to galleries and venues revamped for the occasion, discover the spots that are free to visit during the event. [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.

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Immersive, experiential, and sensory experiences to discover at Paris Design Week 2026:

Paris Design Week 2026: the Time Pavilion plays with shadow and light at the Palais-Royal
At the Palais-Royal, design follows the sun with Wu Bin's Pavillon du Temps, an installation that evolves through the day as shadows and light play, from September 9 to 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]

A free immersive installation takes over a Parisian townhouse for Design Week 2026.
In Odéon, a townhouse opens its doors to Hôtel des Possibles, Maison Kyka’s immersive installation to discover during Paris Design Week, from September 10 to 14, 2026. [Read more]