Alain Gilles

After working for a few years in the international financial world, Alain Gilles, born in Brussels in 1970, decided to follow his true vocation and devote himself to design, graduating in 2005 from the Institut Supérieur de Design in Valenciennes, France.

In 2007, he founded his own studio and started a series of collaborations with different international brands among which Ligne Roset, Bonaldo, BuzziSpace, Varaschin, Vincent Sheppard, La Chance, Casamania, XL Boom, and Greenmood.

Many of the products designed by Alain Gilles have won prestigious awards, including several editions of the Henry Van De Velde Award, the Design for Asia Golden Award, the Red Dot Best of the Best, the Good Design Award and the ADA Archiproducts Design Awards. In 2012, he was named ‘Designer of the Year’ by the Biennale Interieur Fair in Kortrijk, Belgium.