Paris Design Week 2026: What to Know About the 10–19 September Edition

From 10 to 19 September 2026, Paris Design Week returns for ten days of open-access events across the capital. Showrooms, galleries, workshops, museums and national monuments open their doors around a single programme, free and open to all. Here is an overview of the edition, how it is organised and what to look out for.

Paris Design Week 2026: a city-wide festival, an extension of Maison&Objet

Paris Design Week began as the urban counterpart to the Maison&Objet trade fair. The principle remains unchanged: while professionals gather at the Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre, the city hosts a public trail through the very places where design is made, shown and sold.

The two events remain distinct. The fair, from 10 to 14 September 2026, operates on a visitor badge and is aimed at trade professionals. The Paris trail, from 10 to 19 September, is freely accessible at participating venues, subject to each one's opening hours. When the fair closes on the 14th, the city events continue for a further five days.

The 2026 edition brings together around 500 participants across some 320 addresses. The trail is organised by district, with the Marais and Bastille as the main hubs, alongside Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the Opéra area. Each has its own character: established galleries and editors on one side, workshops and young studios on the other.

Maison&Objet becomes Maison&Objet Pulse

The fair is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary and taking the opportunity to redefine its identity. Its two annual editions now have separate names: January becomes Maison&Objet Premier, focused on craftsmanship and established houses, while September becomes Maison&Objet Pulse, more experimental in outlook.

This autumn's theme, Pulse in Motion, was developed with trend agency NellyRodi and design studio Masquespacio, which also created the edition's visual identity. It argues for a collective design culture in movement, where innovation emerges from shared projects rather than solitary efforts. Ana Milena Hernandez and Christophe Penasse, founders of Masquespacio, are presenting two installations: one at the fair, another in the city as part of Paris Design Week. Their colour-driven visual language, an heir to the Memphis aesthetic, sets the tone for the edition.

The Design District, a show within the show

Within the Decor & Design sector, the Design District is curated by the Hall Haus collective. It gathers the initiatives dedicated to emerging talent: the Future On Stage platform, the (im)Pulse commercial space, an area devoted to eco-responsible materials and the materiO' materials library. The 2026 Rising Talent Awards spotlight seven South African designers, in a partnership with Decorex.

Installations in Paris monuments

This is one of the distinctive pleasures of the Paris edition: contemporary work installed in heritage settings, with dates that sometimes extend beyond the festival itself.

• Hôtel de Soubise — Johanna de Clisson's white sandstone sculptures set among the box hedges and columns, 10–19 September.
• Hôtel de Rohan — Pierre Renart presents Arabesque, a sculptural wooden bench, in the gardens.
• Arc de Triomphe — La Tempête, a trail of sculpture, installation and design by Jérémy Pradier-Jeauneau, 9 September to 4 October.
• Jardin du Palais-Royal — Wu Bin's Pavillon du Temps, a contemporary sundial, 9–20 September.
• Maison de Victor Hugo — Anankè, an olfactory installation in the courtyard, 4–20 September.
• Hôtel de la Marine — HANJIMANIA, a French-Korean exhibition, until 27 September.
• Colonne de Juillet, Bastille — La Re-prise de la Bastille, 196 flags made from used clothing, 9–20 September.

Open workshops and emerging design

Beyond the installations, the trail gives access to places that are normally closed. At the Cité des Taillandiers, near Bastille, craftspeople and designers open their workshops on 11 and 12 September to show their processes, materials and skills. These openings are often the most instructive stops on the trail: you see the making rather than the finished object.

Paris Design Week Factory, meanwhile, brings together more than 150 emerging designers across four Marais galleries from 10 to 14 September. It is traditionally the best place to spot the studios people will be talking about in two or three years' time.

Practical information

• Dates — Paris Design Week: 10–19 September 2026. Maison&Objet Pulse: 10–14 September 2026, Paris Nord Villepinte.
• Access — the city trail is free and open to all, with online registration required for certain routes and for the Factory. The fair is open to trade professionals on a badge.
• Planning your visit — allow around half a day per district if you want to go inside the workshops rather than stop at the windows. Opening hours vary by venue: check each address before setting out.

Why we attend every year

For a general contractor specialising in high-end renovation, this week functions as annual research. It is a chance to see materials within a period building rather than on a sample board, to meet the workshops capable of producing a one-off piece within the timeframe of a live project, and to separate what belongs to the language of the trade fair from what will settle durably into interiors. A significant part of what we later propose at the design stage comes from this groundwork.

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Statement of independence. CRAFT Paris is not an organiser, partner or exhibitor of Paris Design Week or Maison&Objet. This article is an independent editorial presentation of the event, published for information purposes only: it is neither sponsored content nor an official communication. The names of events, fairs, studios, brands and venues mentioned remain the property of their respective owners and are cited for information only. Dates, venues and content were verified at the time of publication and are subject to change: readers are advised to consult the official Paris Design Week and Maison&Objet websites before travelling.