The Design Hub is beginning a new chapter in its history at Rives de Clausen. On Saturday 14 November 2026, its third Design Market will offer the chance to discover both creations and a venue: 18, Rives de Clausen. Visitors will have two options: browse the designers’ work or take time to make something at a workshop.
The City says around thirty participants will take part and the event will be open to the public from 10:00 to 22:00, with an official opening at 11:00. Entry is free. The organised activities have their own conditions, however, so it is best to choose a workshop and book before arriving.
A workplace opening its doors to the public
After three years in the Gare district, the Design Hub is continuing its activities in Clausen. It serves professionals in the creative industries. For one day, the market will therefore bring part of a working environment that is usually less accessible to visitors into public view.
According to the City’s presentation, the fields represented include interior design, objects, accessories, fashion and graphic design. This variety is a good reason not to look for just one type of stall: design can be discovered through very different uses and scales.
Meeting a creator is also valuable for the questions it allows you to ask. How is an object used? What material was chosen, how should it be cared for, and is the piece available immediately or made to order? These are ways to look more closely, without making assumptions in advance about each exhibitor’s production methods.
Choose a workshop rather than trying to do everything
The City’s programme features four events. Art Empowers offers canvas painting with breakfast, from 10:00 to 12:30. Design Play Store invites children accompanied by an adult to explore light and shadows from 13:30 to 15:00. Inside the Design Hub, infiiorata is running a floral workshop from 14:00 to 16:00. The Ome Store then takes over with a scented candle workshop, from 16:00 to 18:00, in the tent reserved for workshops.
The two early-afternoon activities overlap. For a family outing, it is therefore more realistic to choose according to your interests and the workshop’s intended audience than to plan a full itinerary. The light and shadows session explicitly requires children to be accompanied by an adult; this detail matters just as much as its timing.
Before booking, check the recommended age, the language of the session and the cancellation terms to avoid any unwelcome surprises. Not all of this information is set out in the general programme: the organiser’s link is the best place to start.
Free entry does not mean free workshops
The floral workshop illustrates the distinction. On its own website, INFIIORATA lists the session on 14 November, from 14:00 to 16:00, at a price of 90 euros. Flowers and a container are included; participants take their arrangement home with them.
The organiser describes a potted arrangement combining flowers and foliage. This is a hands-on activity, rather than simply browsing the stalls. The published price applies to this specific session; it does not allow you to infer the cost of the other workshops, which should be checked with their organisers.
For anyone who simply wants to discover the venue and its creators, free entry remains worthwhile. There is no need to turn the visit into a day of paid activities. Conversely, if you book a workshop, it is worth making that the focus of your outing, with time left around it to browse the stalls.
Plan a visit at your own pace
The City has announced food trucks, drinks and DJs. The programme therefore offers several ways to visit, from a daytime stop to a later visit. However, it does not say whether places in the workshops will still be available when people make their bookings.
The key point to remember is the new site in Clausen, not the former location in the Gare district. If you have specific accessibility needs or a question about the welcome arrangements, it is best to contact the organisers before setting off rather than infer what access is possible from a photograph of the neighbourhood.
This market could be an opportunity to look at local creativity differently from the way you would in a catalogue: meet the people behind the pieces, understand their choices and perhaps try your hand at a craft. The programme makes this possible; the experience of the day itself remains to be discovered on site.
Archive photograph: Rives de Clausen in 2023. It shows the neighbourhood, not the layout of the Design Market in November 2026.
