undesignable
Gilles
Alain
BELGIUM  


1970 Brussels
Design as a second life. After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the financial world. But one has to live one's own life. So, thanks to the moral support of his wife, he went back to studying Industrial design in France. He assisted Xavier Lust in his creations, but was eventually hired by Quinze & Milan before graduating. He worked for Arne Quinze for two and a half years as designer, developer and project manager on several high profile projects for world-renowned architects and editors.
He opened is own studio in 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and interior architecture. He has since started to collaborate with several international firms.
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 Alain Gilles / The Studio
Rue des Ailes 80
1030 Brussels
BELGIUM
T +32 497 41 50 89
info@alaingilles.com
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 ALAIN GILLES
Contemporary product design, furniture and beyond...





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'Tectonic' Side Table
D E S I G N E R
Alain Gilles

P R O D U C E R
Bonaldo, Italy
2008
M A T E R I A L   A N D   D I M E N S I O N S
powdercoated steel
width: 51,2 cm - length: 43,4 cm - height: 43,5cm
The 'Tectonic' table series is based on the idea of movement within the construction of its shape but also the ability to create unexpected freeform geometry by shifting and juxtaposing several small tables one next to the other. Hence, these tables are a combination between a plastic and a graphic approach.
The concept comes from the will to create pieces of furniture that are non-static, but also to give the end user the possibility to created their own story and, in a way, their own design when playing with several pieces.
The tables are either very graphic when treated as wire frame structures and more straight forward when used with a plain top. It is obvious that one can also play with the notion of opened and closed spaces by mixing them all together.
When presented as a wire frame, while looking from above, one can also clearly read in the movement the shape of a rose. So these pieces, in their very simplicity, aim both at speaking to our geometric and Cartesian side but also to our more romantic side.
The high and low versions are available with both a wire mesh tabletop or a plain metal one.
 


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