From September 5 to 14, along with Maison&Objet, Paris Design Week 2024 is back in Paris. Ten days in which the streets of Paris are full of events related to the world of design and the trade show. Established in 2010, Paris Design Week in 2024 is in its fourteenth edition. Every September, the city comes alive with many events that attract professionals and the general public to discover trends in design and lifestyle.
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Joséphine Balayn, Galerie Ellia
Created in 2010 by Maison&Objet, Paris Design Week aims to revitalize the city every September, raising awareness among the general public and professionals about the latest trends in the world of design, decoration and the art of living. Paris Design Week is also an opportunity for design lovers to experience Paris in a different light. The temporary installations created by designers, in fact, are open and free to all.
A feature of Paris Design Week, in September 2024, is to highlight artisans and designers; the Paris Design Week Factory is a springboard for emerging talent. Schools, designers and cultural centers, catalysts of talent, come together, to reveal the many expressions of design. Some historical institutions offer their private mansions, which thus become destinations for alternative walks to discover the secret contemporary design in Paris.
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Raphaël Kao, Galerie Joseph Turenne
Paris Design Week September 2024: places to visit, exhibitions to see
Rive Gauche – in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, you can stroll through galleries and showrooms to see the most exclusive furniture collections.
Opéra/Concorde/Étoile – the vibrant rive droite, with the showrooms and stores of international luxury.
Marais/Bastille/République – the artistic heart of the capital, home to young designers, collectible contemporary design galleries, and artisans.
Palais-Royal/Place des Victoires/Pigalle – the new center of attraction for all the latest fashions, with textile and carpet designers based in and around Rue du Mail.
The outdoor exhibitions
Design Sur Cours invites designers to design installations in the courtyards and gardens of some of the world’s most important monuments. These exhibitions create creating a dialogue between classical architecture and contemporary design.
Among the various exhibitions will be Eau Fraîche at the Hôtel de Soubise, an installation by designer Lucas Huillet and perfumer Alexandre Helwani. British designer Paul Cocksedge, on the other hand, creates reflections in mirrors, at the Orangerie and in the gardens of the Hôtel de Sully at Place des Vosges. In the lower courtyard of the Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, the wood industry FIBOIS presents the Bois Français & Design 2024 competition winners, with canopies, benches, and compost bins. In the upper courtyard Jean-Baptiste Durand, Prisca Razafindrakoto and Simon Geringer present their contemporary version of a village square. The goal is to design street furniture adapted to climate change.
Hôtel de Soubise, 60 Rue des Francs Bourgeois, 75003 Paris
Hôtel de Sully, 5 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris
Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris, 24 Rue Pavée, 75004 Paris
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Graphisme à ciel ouvert – graphic projects in the open air
The Paris Bureau du Design, de la Mode et des Métiers d’Art, with the Écrire la Ville association led by graphic designer Silvia Dore, in collaboration with Paris Design Week, organizes an exhibition in the former Caserne des Minimes. The walls of the courtyard host an exhibition of graphic design, as well as a collaborative textile art installation designed by the Société Choletaise de Fabrication (SCF), which has its headquarters here. Artist Anaïs Beaulieu invites citizens to create a collective work of “urban embroidery” using waste materials made available by the SCF. Graphisme à ciel ouvert also sees the participation of several graphic arts libraries, including Eyrolles, in the Latin Quarter.
Caserne des Minimes – 12 Rue de Béarn, 75003 Paris
Librairie Eyrolles – 55 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75005 Paris
QG – 4 Place du Louvre, 75001 Paris
Hôtel de la Marine: Uchronia and Pierre Renart
The Uchronia studio displays a four-poster bed in the central courtyard, as an ode to the Hôtel de la Marine, a former royal furniture depot. Standing as tall as an acropolis on a ceramic platform, it transforms the installation into a public square. The ceramic tiles, produced by the Dutch brand Palet, pick up the colors of the quarters’ dwellings: the red of Pierre-Élisabeth de Fontanieu’s bedroom and the turquoise blue of the physics cabinet. Atop its pedestal, the XXL ceremonial bed sports an exuberant array of drapery and pillows. Cabinetmaker Pierre Renart, meanwhile, presents an original work here with the Maison Parisienne gallery. Inspired by the theme of travel, he has taken up the headquarters courtyard and its 18th-century architecture with Escale, a wraparound hammock made of wooden slats.
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Chinese brand Moreless, Paris Design Week September 2024
The electric Renault 5 E-Tech
The electric Renault 5 E-Tech arrives in Paris. From June 15 to September 15, you can see the electric Renault 5 E-Tech live in the temporary MAISON5 showroom. The space hosts creativity in all its forms: music, art, fashion, gastronomy, sports, technology, and design. During Paris Design Week, many prominent personalities from the design world will talk about car design.
66 rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris
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A platform for design worldwide
Design and designers worldwide find Paris Design Week a sounding board for their creativity. In fact, international professional influencers come to Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week to see the latest trends and find inspiration.
From Portugal, Made in Portugal. In the Marais, the Portuguese Trade and Investment Agency presents a large domestic space representative of the Portuguese lifestyle, designed by interior architect Margarida Moura Simão. 16 rue des Minimes, 75003 Paris
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The Nordic countries are in the spotlight at Maison&Objet, with the Rising Talents Awards honoring emerging designers across Northern Europe. To complete the picture, Parisian cultural centers present the best Scandinavian production, at Maison du Danemark on the Champs-Elysées and the Institut Suédois.
Designer Pierre Charrié designed the Niskala collection, resulting from collaboration with CushCush Gallery in Bali and the Institut Français d’Indonésie. Indonesian artisans, directly in Indonesia, made the furniture and objects.
New addresses to discover in Paris
Paris Design Week is the perfect opportunity to update the list of must-see addresses. This year Diptyque opened its new Maison, which reflects its rich universe in the broadest sense of the word. 7 rue Duphot, 75001 Paris
The duo Pradier-Jeauneau, formed by Aurélien Jeauneau and Jérémy Pradier, opens its first gallery on Rue de Verneuil, in Paris. Architect and interior designer Sandra Benhamou designed the first exhibition, “Le Commencement.” 32 rue de Verneuil, 75007 Paris
Fascinating new destinations include a new home for the legendary Tolix metal chairs at 200 Boulevard Saint-Germain. Finally, sports will also have a new destination, with the Technogym showroom, for design and high-performance sports equipment. 15 Avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris
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Why visit
Design Weeks can become alternative tourism destinations for those who appreciate design events. Paris Design Week, for example, is an opportunity to see places and areas off the usual paths. In general, these are nice areas, with beautiful buildings, historic mansions, furniture and decoration showrooms, areas where it is also lovely to walk around, and where you can also find fewer tourists. Plus, one can see beautiful, original objects and decorations and make interesting purchases. For professionals, it’s always an opportunity to find inspiration and meet designers and businesses in a fascinating setting.
Paris Design Week, September, 5-14, 2024
Paris Design Week is for professionals and general public
Size: 200 exhibitors, 200,000 visitors
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