From September 10 to 19, 2026, Paris Design Week comes back for the 16th edition, with more energy than ever. The programme spreads out across Le Marais, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Opéra and Bastille, mixing galleries, showrooms, schools and heritage venues that open up just for the occasion. This year the event brings in more guest countries and scenes than before, and it welcomes new addresses that add fresh momentum to a map that keeps growing.

Paris Design Week, September 10-19, 2026

For professional and general public
Size: 360 venues, 543 designers and creators,
4 main districts, 5 major thematic routes
Over 250,000 visitors in 2024
Visit Maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week for info

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Factory: a launchpad for emerging talent

Paris Design Week Factory keeps building on its role as a testing ground for emerging creators and collectible design. The route runs through four sites in Le Marais, curated this year by a new duo, Jean-Baptiste Durand and Simon Geringer.

At Espace Commines, around forty exhibitors set out to break free from labels like “design”, “art” and “craft”, leaving room for pure creativity. Emerging creators bring their pieces into dialogue with each other in a scenography that steers away from a classic trade-fair layout, at 116 rue de Turenne. At 16 rue des Minimes, established designers and publishers show pieces at every stage of production, from prototype to finished object. And at 10 rue de Turenne, the China Creative Pavilion puts on Bon Goût! Good Taste!, an exhibition that looks at how taste and aesthetics connect across cultures.

The Manufacture des Gobelins also joins in with three exhibitions grouped under “Vivement Demain”, including a showcase of recent graduates and the finalists of the Prix Jeune Création Mobilier national 2026.

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Deliberate friction, breaking free from labels

Durand and Geringer sum up their curatorial line in one phrase: “deliberate friction – breaking free from labels.” Across the three venues, practices that are sometimes less than five years old sit side by side without hierarchy, forming what they call an almost museum-like dialogue. At Espace Commines, around forty proposals unfold inside a scenography built like a photographic studio, isolating and framing each piece so it takes on an almost sculptural presence. At 116 rue de Turenne, the space works more like a breathing zone, where singular worlds overlap and sometimes blend together.

Names to watch, and practical details

Names to watch across the route include Rush Drayton, Jan Slanina, Maori Kimura Design Studio, Lorenzo Tirabosco, Matthijs Koerts, Omnibite, Ludovica Corti, Hanzhang Studio and Hyacinthe Trottin, alongside established publishers and studios at 16 rue des Minimes such as Henri Texier, Mercoeur and Géraldine Pouzet Luminaires. Factory opens to press and professionals on September 9, then to the public from September 10 to 14.

Design sur Cour: heritage sites, seen anew

The “Design sur Cour” programme hands over some of Paris’s most iconic buildings to contemporary designers, and this edition delivers a run of striking projects.

At the Grand Palais, Julien Sebban for Uchronia fills the Rotonde d’Antin with Le Grand Bouquet, a monumental floral installation built with several French craft houses. At the Musée Bourdelle, Anthony Guerrée sets his “free forms” in wood, glass, textile and clay in dialogue with Antoine Bourdelle’s sculptures.

The Hôtel de la Marine hosts two projects at once: Hanjimania, a Franco-Korean exploration of traditional hanji paper that brings together names like Pierre Yovanovitch and Constance Guisset, and Astre Mobile, where Maison Lacmé’s Antoine Tauvel turns a car into a total work of art.

Joseph Walsh, this year’s guest of honour, takes over the orangery, gardens and main courtyard of the Hôtel de Sully with an installation of ash sculptures that seem to defy gravity. Meanwhile, at the Arc de Triomphe, Jeremy Pradier-Jeauneau’s La Tempête turns the climb to the top into an immersive, sensitive experience.

At the Archives Nationales, Pierre Renart reworks the gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan with Arabesque, a Moabi-wood installation for Maison Parisienne, while Johanna de Clisson brings a set of white stoneware sculptures to the Hôtel de Soubise garden.

Down at Place de la Bastille, Studio 5.5 wraps the July Column in La Re-prise de la Bastille, a monumental piece made from recycled clothing that speaks to sustainable fashion and the memory of the site.

Paris and the World

Paris Design Week keeps pulling in perspectives from far beyond France. The Polish Cultural Institute presents “The Matter of the Earth”, a look at a new generation of Polish collectible design. The Swedish Institut explores order and restraint through “Tout est en ordre”, and the Maison du Danemark shows off seven Danish names, from Kodanska’s glassware to Tom Rossau’s paper lamps.

The Institut du Monde Arabe announces the winners of its fourth Design Prize on September 9, celebrating creators from the Arab League countries. Lafayette Anticipations teams up with Arts AlUla, Design Space AlUla and AFALULA for “The Life of Forms”, pairing works from AlUla’s design residencies with pieces from its own collection. And at Le Bon Marché, “The Call of the Archipelago” turns the whole store toward Japan, alongside countries as varied as the Czech Republic, Finland, Mexico, Guatemala, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

New addresses join the map

The 2026 edition brings a wave of new venues into the fold. Pierre Frey opens a 500 m² space dedicated entirely to furniture at 14 rue du Mail. Studio Andrée Putman unveils its own Paris gallery in the 7th arrondissement, and Aurélien Jeauneau shows his first personal furniture and lighting collection, titled “The Lions Are Unleashed”. The Galerie Emma Donnersberg opens where collectible design meets contemporary art, and House of Cassandre debuts an immersive showroom on boulevard Raspail built around sculptural textiles and scent. Karen Swami also takes over a new ceramics space near the Luxembourg Gardens.

Collectible design takes centre stage

For those drawn to rare and exclusive pieces, the edition offers plenty to track down. The Galerie BSL pairs Pia Maria Raeder’s biomorphic works with Zbeul Studio’s seating in “Organic Frequencies”. Galerie Scène Ouverte marks its tenth anniversary with new pieces by Vincent Dubourg, KRJST Studio and others. Carpenters Workshop Gallery keeps pushing the line between art and design, and Cassina shows off its 2026 collection, including Patricia Urquiola’s Ardys sofa system and reissues from Karakter x Cassina.

Paris Design Week, September 10-19, 2026

For professional and general public
Size: 360 venues, 543 designers and creators,
4 main districts, 5 major thematic routes
Over 250,000 visitors in 2024
Visit Maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week for info