In brief
- Paris Design Week 2026 takes place across the capital from 10 to 19 September 2026.
- The event highlights collaborations, permanent gallery openings and historical re-editions such as Jean-Michel Frank at Ecart.
- The exhibitions explore varied themes, from historical textile art at the Amélie du Chalard gallery to hydroforming experiments by the duo Marie et Alexandre.
Paris Design Week breathes a unique creative energy into the capital from 10 to 19 September 2026, through a trail of exhibitions and artistic presentations. For this new season placed under the sign of beauty and the art of living, we have selected ten remarkable stops, blending emerging galleries, master re-editions and sensitive dialogues between fine craftsmanship and contemporary design.
A collector’s interior at āsār studio
Following a highly acclaimed first edition last March, āsār studio presents a new exhibition alongside Paris Design Week, open until 20 September. The space, imagined as the intimate interior of an imaginary collector, is a sensitive and subtle staging of sourced pieces and contemporary creations.
To be discovered, and acquired, is a sharp selection of vintage furniture, Japanese vernacular photographs, ancient objects and pieces signed by Dig in Japan. Visitors can also freely consult a selection of rare books curated by Simay Demirel, the founder behind Where I Would Like To Read and WIWLTR Reads. āsār studio offers a sensitive staging of sourced pieces and contemporary creations until 20 September 2026.
Pièce de Résistance inaugurates its new space
This is the new gallery to follow closely on the Parisian scene. In the 9th arrondissement, on Rue Condorcet, the interior architecture studio Pièce de Résistance, founded in 2018 by Tove Utberg and Kristjan Kruuk, has opened its first eponymous permanent space. The latter unfolds over two levels designed as a manifesto of their aesthetic vision.
On the ground floor, a scenography evokes the interior of an aesthete, where vintage furniture pieces blend with contemporary works such as those by Julien Michaud or Willem van Hooff. The upper floor hosts temporary and thematic exhibitions, starting with the inaugural exhibition “Correspondances”, which borrows its title from Baudelaire’s famous poem, and runs until 1 November 2026. A subtle dialogue is established around objects and materials (wood, metal, resin, ceramics) through the creations of Hannah Kuhlmann, Marten Herma Anderson and Santeri Mortti. The interior architecture studio Pièce de Résistance opens its first permanent gallery in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
The Visteria Foundation celebrates Polish design
Last April, the Visteria Foundation took advantage of Milan Design Week to highlight Polish modernism through a selection of remarkable design pieces. This autumn, the foundation settles in Paris, continuing its mission to celebrate the work of Polish artists, designers and artisans on the international stage.
The exploration of earth and raw matter
The exhibition, entitled “The Matter of Earth”, is organised in partnership with the Polish Institute in Paris, within its own salons. Curators Eleonora Bojanowska and Bartosz Brylewski explore here the physical and conceptual relationship between creatives and the earth, materialised in a series of objects and singular collectible design pieces, some of which were specially commissioned for the occasion. Among the featured artists are Agnieszka Owsiany, Szkło Studio, Bartłomiej Stawiński and the duo Jan Ankiersztajn and Anna Jechorek. The exhibition explores the physical and conceptual relationship between designers and the earth at the Polish Institute in Paris.
EBUR unveils its first Parisian setting
Since the founding of their interior architecture studio EBUR in 2020, the talented Racha Gutierrez and Dahlia Hojeij have multiplied major residential projects and simultaneously developed their own furniture collection under the name EBUR Editions. For this new season, they are taking a major new step by unveiling their first permanent gallery.
Ideally located a stone’s throw from the Place des Victoires, this space with its elegant and hushed decor is intended as the practical application of their singular style, situated at the crossroads of diverse influences, at once Oriental, Italian and French. The interior architects of EBUR open their first gallery dedicated to their furniture collections in the heart of Paris.
The radical elegance of Jean-Michel Frank at Ecart
Founded in 1978 by the leading design figure Andrée Putman, then taken over by the Pierre Yovanovitch group, the maison Ecart aims to showcase the great creatives of the 20th century by re-editing furniture pieces as singular as they are iconic. Among the historical signatures present in the house’s collections since its beginnings, that of Jean-Michel Frank holds a prominent place.
The great return of historical re-editions
This season, the gallery enriches its collection and re-edits several previously unseen pieces by the leading designer, whose elegance of line and radical simplicity remain absolute references of warm minimalism. Thus, a table lamp, a wrought iron console, as well as an armchair and a sofa originally designed for the patron and collector Mimi Pecci Blunt are being re-edited. This is an opportunity for the Ecart gallery to present, within its space in the 6th arrondissement, a magnificent retrospective around fifteen iconic pieces from the formal vocabulary of Jean-Michel Frank. The maison Ecart enriches its collections by re-editing several historical pieces signed by Jean-Michel Frank.
Paris Design Week takes over the maison de Gournay
Specialising in the creation of exceptional wallpapers, embroidered fabrics and hand-decorated porcelains, the maison de Gournay invites antique dealer Antoine Billore to take over its historic address on Rue des Saints-Pères, in the 6th arrondissement. The Parisian signs a rich and singular installation where pieces from his personal collection and others of his own composition blend with the refined creations of the family label.
For several months, Antoine Billore has enjoyed creating upcycled furniture pieces: here we discover a pair of wooden stelae holding de Gournay porcelain vases, as well as a screen dressed in textured wallpaper and earthenware representing gallant scenes. Given the success encountered, the installation has been extended until 23 September. Antique dealer Antoine Billore imagines a poetic installation blending pieces from his collection and creations from the house.
Six centuries of tapestry at Amélie du Chalard
Until 19 September, the Amelie du Chalard gallery honours textile art through an ambitious exhibition designed in collaboration with the great collector Hugues Helffer. With a personal collection of nearly 500 historical pieces, dating from the 15th century to the present day, the latter shares his passion for high-warp works through some twenty masterly pieces, celebrating the virtuosity of period craftsmanship.
Among the centerpieces of the exhibition, a spectacular Brussels tapestry in wool and silk, “Suzanne and the Elders” (1515-1520), retraces the eponymous biblical episode with incredible finesse. Further on, a fantastic garden unfolds in a 16th-century Bruges tapestry entitled “Pergola at the Fountain”. More contemporary creations, signed by Georges Braque, Alexander Calder or Hans Arp, complete this journey. The gallerist chooses to place these historical masterpieces in direct dialogue with the organic wood sculptures of British artist Max Bainbridge and the textured micro-architectures of German-born artist Gerd Kanz. This major exhibition brings together a selection of historical tapestries and major contemporary works.
Marie et Alexandre tame metal at Signé
The gallery Signé, located in the Parisian 6th arrondissement, invites for this new season, and until 10 October, the talented designer duo Marie et Alexandre to present a new repertoire of three-dimensional works. Titled “Under Pressure”, the exhibition takes its name from hydroforming, a cutting-edge industrial process through which water pressure deforms and brings metal to life.
The exhibition looks more broadly at the different forms of pressure that fall upon creation: time pressure, material constraints and the artist’s doubts. The two designers thus unveil several new pieces of aluminium furniture, including seating, consoles and decorative objects with organic and inflated lines. This is an opportunity for the duo to continue their reflection on how we inhabit and shape our domestic spaces on a daily basis. The designer duo explores the limits of hydroforming through a series of aluminium furniture at Signé.
Thomas Noui celebrates the métiers d’art at Quai de Conti
On the occasion of Paris Design Week, designer and interior architect Thomas Noui, 2023 winner of the prestigious Prix de la Monnaie de Paris, takes over a historic room at Quai de Conti until 20 September with his project “Corpus Anima”. Developed in close collaboration with the agency Ombre, founded by Victor Fleury-Ponsin and Jean-Michel Bourillot, the exhibition explores the universal imaginary of the container.
Exceptional dialogues between fine craftsmanship and design
Through chests, precious boxes and sculptural cases, the exhibition also presents a series of experimental artefacts. Designed with several exceptional workshops (Atelier François Pouenat, Atelier Lebuisson, Declercq Passementerie and Atelier Terre), these pieces create a dialogue between noble materials (metal, hard stone, textile and composite materials) and ancestral skills such as hard stone marquetry, welded steel, high-level embroidery or heat-branded leather. A vibrant tribute to the métiers d’art and the technical history of the Monnaie de Paris. The designer takes over the Monnaie de Paris with creations made in collaboration with French art workshops.
The art of intimate dialogue according to Casa Sòler
Until 19 September, curator Marion Galtier, head of Casa Sòler, presents a new intimate exhibition called “Sotto Voce”. In a theatrical and enveloping scenography, imagined in concert with the fabric house Elitis and the label Carpet Society, the aesthete offers a hushed reading of current creation.
The trail showcases an elegant daybed signed by Clément Pasquier, a sculptural candlestick by Justine Ménard, delicate ceramics with raw textures shaped by Mathilde Martin, as well as vintage lighting selected by Sòler Paris. The whole is enhanced by the photographic works of Florie Berger, creating a timeless atmosphere. The exhibition “Sotto Voce” orchestrates a delicate encounter between contemporary design and characterful pieces of fine craftsmanship.
