Paris Design Week 2026: Highlights You Need to Know

Paris Design Week 2026 returns from 10–19 September, transforming the French capital into a meeting point for contemporary design, collectible furniture, craftsmanship, and creative experimentation. Across museums, galleries, historic monuments, showrooms, and cultural institutions, the event brings together established names and emerging talents from different design disciplines. This year’s programme explores the relationship between art, materials, heritage, and new approaches to contemporary living.

The Grand Bouquet at the Grand Palais

One of the most recognisable installations of Paris Design Week 2026 is The Grand Bouquet, created by Uchronia at the Grand Palais. The monumental floral installation introduces a playful and immersive interpretation of nature, colour, and scale. Set within one of Paris’s most iconic architectural spaces, the project demonstrates how design can transform a historic environment through bold visual language and theatrical composition.

A monumental pink flower sculpture installation with green stems and cushioned seating at its base, displayed in the grand hall of an ornate historic building with classical architecture, arches, and intricate stone carvings at paris design week

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Joseph Walsh at Hôtel de Sully

At Hôtel de Sully, Irish designer Joseph Walsh presents an installation focused on the expressive potential of wood. Known for his sculptural furniture and fluid forms, Walsh explores the material as something that can appear to ripple, bend, and move. The presentation highlights the relationship between organic shapes, craftsmanship, and contemporary furniture design.

A large, abstract golden loop sculpture installed on a gravel base in the courtyard of a historic classical French stone building under a cloudy sky at paris design week — FAD Magazine

An elegant room with tall windows, high ceilings with molding, a hanging multicolored geometric glass mobile, and a dark sculpted animal figure on a low pedestal at paris design week — FAD Magazine

Design Week Lagos: All Roads Lead to Lagos

Paris Design Week 2026 also places international design talent in the spotlight through All Roads Lead to Lagos. The presentation introduces a new generation of Nigerian designers and celebrates the richness of contemporary African creativity. With its focus on collectible design, cultural identity, and emerging voices, the exhibition reflects the increasingly global character of the design industry.

The Tempest at the Arc de Triomphe

At the Arc de Triomphe, The Tempest creates a unique route combining sculpture, installation, and design. Curated by Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau, the project invites visitors to experience the monument from a different perspective, extending the exhibition beyond traditional gallery spaces. Its setting reinforces one of the central characteristics of Paris Design Week: the connection between design, architecture, and cultural heritage.

A long industrial gallery space with a glass skylight roof, featuring a polished concrete floor with circular patterns and various contemporary design furniture and sculptures on blue display platforms at paris design week

A minimalist exhibition space showcasing sleek, arched metallic and wooden objects on pedestals alongside a glowing illuminated arch, with a person walking past in the background at paris design week

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Hanjimania at Hôtel de la Marine

Hôtel de la Marine presents Hanjimania, an exhibition dedicated to hanji, a traditional Korean paper made from mulberry fibres. The material is known for its delicacy, strength, and versatility.

The exhibition brings together designers and creative studios, including Pierre Yovanovitch, Constance Guisset, Aline Asmar d’Amman, Studio KO, Harry Nuriev, and Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau. Through lighting, furniture, and decorative objects, they reinterpret hanji within a contemporary design context.

The result is a strong dialogue between traditional craftsmanship and modern creativity, showing how heritage materials can be integrated into refined and experimental interiors.

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Contrepoint at Musée Bourdelle

At the Musée Bourdelle, designer Anthony Guerrée presents Contrepoint, an installation that creates a dialogue between contemporary furniture and the sculptures of Antoine Bourdelle.

The exhibition combines materials such as wood, glass, and terracotta, placing emphasis on texture, proportion, and sculptural form. The setting reinforces the relationship between furniture and art, presenting design as an extension of the surrounding architecture and cultural history.

A modern wooden screen with glass inserts displayed on a white platform inside a classical museum gallery featuring antique stone statues in the background at paris design week

A contemporary multi-colored glass and wood screen displayed on a white pedestal, positioned between two classical stone statues of figures holding weapons at paris design week

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The Tempest at the Arc de Triomphe

At the Arc de Triomphe, The Tempest presents a route combining sculpture, installation, and design. Curated by Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau, the project invites visitors to experience the monument through a new creative perspective.

The installation demonstrates how design can interact with historic architecture, creating an experience that extends beyond the traditional gallery environment. Its location also reinforces the importance of Paris Design Week as a meeting point between cultural heritage and contemporary creativity.