Alain Gilles

Alain Gilles was born in Brussels in 1970. After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the international financial world for 5 years. Thanks to the moral support of his wife, he went back to studying Industrial design in France.

He opened his own studio in late 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and scenography.

Several of his products have been awarded international prices, such as the Henry Van De Velde Label, the Design for Asia Golden Award, The “Red Dot Best of the Best” for the Welded table and the Good Design award for the Big Table. In 2012, Alain Gilles was named “Designer of the Year” by the prestigious Interieur Kortrijk Fair.