Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week to Showcase Young Designers in 2026
Paris, July 16, 2026 – In September 2026, Maison&Objet and Paris Design Week will celebrate the new generation of contemporary design through two flagship initiatives: (im)Pulse, inaugurated at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center, and Paris Design Week Factory, a discovery trail in the Marais district of Paris. These two events form an essential meeting point for those following the emergence of creative talents.
Villepinte Opens to Emerging Talents with (im)Pulse at Maison&Objet
For its September 2026 edition, the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center will host a highly anticipated new feature: the (im)Pulse spaces. This unprecedented initiative within the Maison&Objet September 2026 fair is designed as a springboard for selected brands chosen for their uniqueness, freshness, and development potential. The fair, running from September 10 to 14, thus asserts itself as a space for discovery and support for contemporary creation.
Distributed across several areas within the fair, the (im)Pulse zones result from collaborations with organizations committed to supporting creative actors: Ulule, Pépite France, the City of Paris, and Émergence. Together, they contribute to unveiling projects carrying new ideas and concrete innovations. This program complements two already well-established initiatives: the Rising Talent Awards, which recognize young international talents, and Future On Stage, dedicated to innovative companies. In Seine-Saint-Denis, the fair confirms its role as a breeding ground for tomorrow’s creation.
Through (im)Pulse, Maison&Objet builds a coherent ecosystem around emerging design talents, offering rare visibility to brands that might not otherwise have access to such exposure. Visitors to the fair can thus explore varied creative worlds, from reinvented everyday objects to the most daring proposals, within a discovery journey designed to foster encounters between professionals, enthusiasts, and trendsetters.
Paris Design Week Factory: A Journey Through Contemporary Design in the Marais
In parallel with the fair, Paris Design Week Factory offers an immersion into current creation through an exhibition trail rooted in the Marais district. Conceived by curators Jean-Baptiste Durand and Simon Geringer, this trail explores the power of objects and the diversity of practices that span contemporary design. Far from a uniform vision, the intention is to highlight multiple approaches, ranging from edition design to collection pieces, including craftsmanship.
Several Parisian addresses will host the exhibitions for this 2026 edition:
- L’Espace Commines
- 116 rue de Turenne
- 10 rue de Turenne
- 16 rue des Minimes
These locations, all situated in the Marais, form a coherent route that invites visitors to wander through creations and discover designers, studios, and publishers chosen for the relevance and originality of their approach. Each space offers its own interpretation of design, in a logic of assumed diversity.
Paris Design Week Factory is thus part of a broader dynamic jointly driven by Paris Design Week and Maison&Objet: to support and promote new voices in French and international design. By bringing together creators with varied practices under a single theme, the program offers visitors a vibrant and plural vision of what contemporary creation can be today, far beyond traditional circuits.
Event Details:
- Dates: September 10-14, 2026
- Location 1: Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte, 93420 Villepinte
- Location 2: Various venues in the Marais district, Paris (L’Espace Commines, 116 rue de Turenne, 10 rue de Turenne, 16 rue des Minimes)
- Contact: 01 40 68 22 22, www.viparis.com/nos-lieux/paris-nord-villepinte
Source: jds.fr
