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<\/p>\nHoy tenemos el placer de traeros la entrevista a uno de los dise\u00f1adores m\u00e1s prometedores y exitosos del momento. Se trata de Alain Gilles, un creativo belga que recondujo su carrera desde el mundo de las finanzas para cumplir sus verdaderos sue\u00f1os: dise\u00f1ar. A lo largo de su carrera ha obtenido numerosos galardones como el \u201cDise\u00f1ador del a\u00f1o 2012\u201d que otorga la Feria Interieur Kortrijk.<\/p>\n
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OcioHogar (OH): Usted estudi\u00f3 Ciencias Pol\u00edticas y\u00a0 Marketing. Despu\u00e9s se gradu\u00f3 en Dise\u00f1o Industrial. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 decidi\u00f3 convertirse en dise\u00f1ador de mobiliario?<\/strong><\/p>\n Alain Giles (AG): S\u00ed, de hecho no fui directo al mundo del dise\u00f1o, \u00a1me llevo varios a\u00f1os descubrir que era algo que pod\u00eda convertir en mi verdadero trabajo! Tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00e9 durante 5 a\u00f1os en finanzas internacionales para J.P. Morgan que es, de hecho, todo lo contrario de lo que me atrae en la vida. Haber vuelto a estudiar Dise\u00f1o Industrial y m\u00e1s concretamente dise\u00f1o de producto me ha permitido trabajar para grandes empresas como Phillips pero tambi\u00e9n quer\u00eda trabajar en mis propios dise\u00f1os. Cuando comenc\u00e9 con mi propio estudio, parec\u00eda m\u00e1s sencillo para m\u00ed dise\u00f1ar mobiliario porque pod\u00eda proponer cosas a los editores, no ten\u00eda que esperar a un briefing o cliente.<\/strong> Pod\u00eda experimentar y proponer mi dise\u00f1o a empresas reconocidas de muebles que es m\u00e1s o menos la forma en la que trabajan.<\/p>\n OH: En su opini\u00f3n, \u00bfqu\u00e9 hace que un dise\u00f1o se convierta en un \u00e9xito?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Siempre es dif\u00edcil saber qu\u00e9 hace que un dise\u00f1o sea exitoso, b\u00e1sicamente tiene que hablar a la gente. Cuando dise\u00f1o, intento crear piezas que cuenten distintas historias al mismo tiempo. Piezas que tengan distintos niveles de entendimiento. Pero tambi\u00e9n piezas que sean c\u00e1lidas y que den la bienvenida. Nucas vas a saber que se va a convertir en un best-seller, simplemente pasa, lo mejor que puedes hacer es intentar dise\u00f1ar buenos productos que cuentan historias reales. Por ejemplo, si miras la mesa Big Table que dise\u00f1\u00e9 para Bonaldo, fue creada para ser diferente<\/strong>, no para ser un best-seller. Bonaldo nunca esper\u00f3 que se convirtiera en el gran \u00e9xito de ventas que ha sido, \u00a1pero se ha convertido en un cl\u00e1sico! Creo que lo vieron como una pieza llamativa y que iba a captar la atenci\u00f3n de la prensa como mucho.<\/p>\n OH: \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su producto favorito de entre todos sus dise\u00f1os?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Esa es una pregunta casi imposible de responder\u2026 \u00a1es como si preguntara cu\u00e1l de tus hijos es tu favorito! Pero, simplemente pondr\u00e9 en relieve algunos productos que muestran bien mi visi\u00f3n o c\u00f3mo me acerco a un proyecto. Ser\u00edan Big Table (Bonaldo), la colecci\u00f3n de macetas Rock Garden (Qui est Paul?), la cabina telef\u00f3nica de pared para m\u00f3viles BuzziHood (Buzzispace), la l\u00e1mapra solar Nomand\u00a0 (O\u2019Sun), el aparador Container (Casamania), la mesa extensible Tracks (Bonaldo), el futbol\u00edn The Pure (Debuchy by Toulet), el sof\u00e1 X-Ray (La Chance)\u2026<\/p>\n OH: \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su fuente de inspiraci\u00f3n y d\u00f3nde la encuentra?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Mi inspiraci\u00f3n es normalmente la arquitectura mientras juego con la estructura del objeto, los gr\u00e1ficos cuando experimento con los colores y materiales, las personas cuando pienso en nuevas formas de vivir con un producto y sus relaciones, o nuevas tipolog\u00edas de producto, nuevas funcionalidades.<\/p>\n OH: \u00bfC\u00f3mo es un d\u00eda de trabajo normal para usted?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: \u00a1Tengo una vida bastante normal! Me levanto temprano porque tengo dos hijos a los que hay que llevar al colegio, y normalmente, siempre que puedo compruebo mi correo electr\u00f3nico antes de desayunar. Cuando toda la familia est\u00e1 fuera de casa, tengo mucho tempo para m\u00ed y para comprobar las noticias. Me gusta saber que est\u00e1 pasando alrededor del mundo (posiblemente por mi pasado de ciencias pol\u00edticas). Sobre las 9 de la ma\u00f1ana voy al Estudio. Como soy mal dibujante\u00a0 trabajo mucho con el ordenador. Dibujo y esculpo los productos en 3D directamente en el ordenador.<\/strong> Por supuesto, no estoy todos los d\u00edas en el estudio porque tengo que ir a ver los prototipos a las distintas empresas en varios pa\u00edses. A las 6 de la tarde, cuando la familia ha vuelto a casa, cocino mientras mi mujer se encarga de los deberes. Normalmente cuando los ni\u00f1os est\u00e1n durmiendo voy otro rato al estudio para trabajar en los proyectos. Me gusta este momento de calma por las noches en el que me puedo concentrar con m\u00e1s facilidad.<\/p>\n OH: En su opini\u00f3n, \u00bfcu\u00e1l va a ser la pieza estrella de esta temporada?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: \u00a1Si lo hubiera sabido, lo habr\u00eda dise\u00f1ado!<\/p>\n Fuente: Web oficial de Alain Gilles<\/a><\/p>\n OH: \u00bfQu\u00e9 es lo que piensa sobre el futuro del dise\u00f1o de muebles?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Pienso que las personas cuando puedan van a buscar m\u00e1s piezas personales para definirse. Siempre he pensado en comprar piezas m\u00e1s caras pero que duran m\u00e1s. Las piezas de firmas suelen ser mejores en guardar su valor y se suelen vender a otros en vez de tirarse a la basura.<\/p>\n OH: Ha trabajado para importantes empresas como Qui est Paul o Bonaldo. \u00bfCon qu\u00e9 otra empresa le gustar\u00eda trabajar?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Hay muchas buenas marcas con las que estar\u00eda feliz de trabajar, sobre todo con las que me permitan jugar con otros materiales, t\u00e9cnicas o ideas.<\/p>\n OH: Usted ha ganado numerosos premios como \u201cRed Dot Best of the Best\u201d por la mesa Welded y el Good Design Award por Big Table. \u00bfQu\u00e9 han significado para usted?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: S\u00ed, \u00a1he sido muy afortunado por ganar esos premios! Siempre estoy feliz de obtener un galard\u00f3n pero realmente tampoco me preocupo mucho por ellos. No dise\u00f1o para los premios, dise\u00f1o para la gente y para expresarme y convertir mis sue\u00f1os en realidad.<\/p>\n S\u00e9 que algunas personas y en algunos pa\u00edses como los Estados Unidos valoran mucho los productos que han sido galardonados. As\u00ed que es una buena herramienta de marketing pero no algo que dirija mis acciones.<\/p>\n Fuente: Web oficial de Alain Gilles<\/a><\/p>\n OH: \u00bfPuede contarnos en qu\u00e9 tipo de productos est\u00e1 trabajando actualmente? \u00bfCu\u00e1les van a ser sus pr\u00f3ximas creaciones?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Estamos trabajando en muchos nuevos productos. Al inicio de junio hemos lanzado nuestro nuevo sof\u00e1 X-Ray para la firma de moda francesa \u201cLa Chance\u201d. Es nuestra primera colaboraci\u00f3n con ellos y estamos muy satisfechos con el resultado final.<\/p>\n Ahora mismo estamos trabajando en una gran colecci\u00f3n de muebles de exterior y elementos arquitect\u00f3nicos que saldr\u00e1 a la venta a lo largo de 2016.<\/p>\n Tambi\u00e9n estamos trabajando en nuevas piezas de alto acabado para una empresa belga que se va a comercializar por v\u00edas no convencionales e innovadoras.<\/p>\n Y, por supuesto, nuevas piezas para empresas como Bonaldo con la que hemos estado colaborando casi desde el lanzamiento del estudio hace 7 a\u00f1os. Tambi\u00e9n tenemos abiertos proyectos que luego proponemos a productores internacionales.<\/p>\n OH: Nosotros vendemos su mesa Big Table para Bonaldo. \u00bfPuede contarnos sobre su proceso de dise\u00f1o y de d\u00f3nde sac\u00f3 la inspiraci\u00f3n?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Toda la idea detr\u00e1s de Big Table era algo hacer algo que pareciera imposible, pero algo no est\u00e1tico y que tuviera distintas personalidades.<\/p>\n Normalmente una mesa grande rectangular no se soporta solo con el centro, porque parece que est\u00e1 descansando sobre un punto. Ten\u00eda la mesa Tulip de Eero Saarinen en mente, no tienen mucho en com\u00fan y la mesa de Saarinen es redonda pero mu gustaba el hecho de que parec\u00ed que flotaba.<\/p>\n La particularidad de Big Table es que parece que est\u00e1 en movimiento. Muchos muebles son visualmente est\u00e1ticos, a m\u00ed me gusta dise\u00f1ar piezas din\u00e1micas. Mientras andas alrededor de la mesa cambia la perspectiva y parece diferente, como si tuviera distintas personalidades.<\/p>\n Despu\u00e9s tienes los diferentes colores para cada una de las 4 patas. Esto lleg\u00f3 un poco por accidente. Yo quer\u00eda dise\u00f1ar una mesa con 4 patas que fueran diferentes, pero\u00a0 como estaba un poco perdido con mi programa de dise\u00f1o 3D, asocie diferentes colores a cada una de las patas<\/strong>. Eventualmente tuvo sentido una mesa con 4 patas diferentes, as\u00ed que as\u00ed se qued\u00f3.<\/p>\n Visualmente es, con total probabilidad, uno de los aspectos m\u00e1s reconocibles de la mesa en la versi\u00f3n multicolor.<\/p>\n El a\u00f1o pasado Bonaldo introdujo una versi\u00f3n de acero Corten por el quinto aniversario de la mesa. El acero Corten es un metal especial que est\u00e1 protegido frente a la oxidaci\u00f3n. Es un material usado m\u00e1s frecuentemente en arquitectura, pero que parece que convierte a la mesa en un objeto intemporal, un objeto y un dise\u00f1o hechos para durar.<\/p>\n OH: Usted dise\u00f1a mobiliario, sobre todo. \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 otro sector le gustar\u00eda trabajar como por ejemplo joyer\u00eda, coches\u2026?<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Bueno, realmente tambi\u00e9n creamos m\u00e1s y m\u00e1s productos peque\u00f1os. Como la l\u00e1mpara solar Nomand para O\u2019Sun. Tambi\u00e9n dise\u00f1ados una colecci\u00f3n completa de instrumentos de cocina para una nueva marca francesa pero est\u00e1 llevando un poco m\u00e1s de tiempo del previsto.<\/p>\n Me gustar\u00eda entrar en nuevos campos donde no haya trabajado antes. Este era el caso del futbol\u00edn \u201cThe Pure\u201d que dise\u00f1\u00e9 para la empresa francesa \u201cDebuchy by Toulet\u201d y que est\u00e1 a un precio incre\u00edble.<\/p>\n OH: Si no fuera dise\u00f1ador, ser\u00eda\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n AG: Seguramente seguir\u00eda trabajando en Finanzas Internacionales\u2026\u00a1O atrapado en un trabajo que realmente no es mi vida!<\/p>\n En profundidad:<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Un color: todos los colores\u2026<\/p>\n b. Un material: una combinaci\u00f3n de diferentes materiales<\/p>\n c. Un dise\u00f1ador al que admire: Oscar Niemeyer<\/p>\n d. Un mueble que le inspire: ni idea, no me suelo inspirar en mobiliario<\/p>\n e. Su lugar favorito de la casa: \u00a1mi estudio!<\/p>\n f. Un lugar donde vivir: una casa modernista como en las viejas pel\u00edculas de James Bond<\/p>\n __________________________________________________________<\/p>\n Today, we have the pleasure to introduced you to one of the most promising and successful designers of the moment. He is Alain Gilles, a Belgian creative who changed his professional career from the world of Finance to his true passion: the design. Along his career, he has won several awards like \u201cDesigner of the Year 2012\u201d by the Interieur Kortrijk Fair.<\/p>\n OcioHogar (OH): You studied Political Science and Marketing. Later, you graduated in Industrial Design. Why did you become a furniture designer?<\/p>\n Alain Gilles (AG): Yes indeed, I didn\u2019t come straight to design, it took me a few years that this is something I could do as a real job!\u00a0 I also worked 5 years in International Finance at J.P. Morgan which was actually quite the opposite of what attracted me in life!\u00a0\u00a0 Having restudied Industrial Design and more specifically product design I could have just work for a big company like Philips, but I wanted to work on my own designs and logics.\u00a0 When I started my own Studio, it seemed easier for me to design furniture since I could just propose things to editors; I didn\u2019t have to wait for a brief or a client.\u00a0 I could just experiment and propose my design to well know furniture brands since that is more or less the way they work.<\/p>\n OH: In your opinion, what make a design to be a success?<\/p>\n AG: It is always difficult to know what makes a design successful; basically it has to speak to people. When designing I try to design pieces that tell several stories at the same time. Pieces that have different levels of understanding. But also pieces that are warm and welcoming.\u00a0 You never know what will become a best seller, it just happens, the best you can do is to try to design good products that tell real stories.\u00a0 For instance, if you look at the Big Table I designed for Bonaldo, it was designed to be different, not to be a best seller.\u00a0 Bonaldo never expected it to become the huge best seller that it has become, but it become almost an instant classic!\u00a0 I believe they saw it as a piece that was striking and that would get the attention of the press at best.<\/p>\n OH: Which is your favourite product among all your designs?<\/p>\n AG: This is a question that is almost impossible to answer\u2026.\u00a0 It is just like if I would ask you which of your children your favourite one is!\u00a0\u00a0 So then, I would just put forward a few products that show well the full scope of my vision, of how I approached a project. OH: Which is your source of inspiration and where do you find it?<\/p>\n AG: My inspirations are usually architectural when I play on the structure of an object, graphic when I experiment with colours and materials, people when I think about new ways to live with a product and relate to them, or new typologies of product, new functionalities.<\/p>\n OH: How is a normal business day for you?<\/p>\n AG: I have a pretty normal life! I wake up early since I have two kids that have to go to school, usually when I will always check my mails before breakfast. Once all the family is out of the house, I have a bit of time for myself to check the news, I like to know what is happening in general around the world ( probably due to my political sciences background ). At around 9am I will go down to the Studio.\u00a0 Since I am a pretty bad drawer, I work a lot on the computer.\u00a0 I draw and sculpt the products in 3D right on the computer.\u00a0 Of course, I am not every day in the studio since I also have to go and see the prototypes in the factories in various countries.\u00a0 At 6pm, when the family is back home I do the cooking while my wife takes care of the homework. Usually when the kids are asleep I will go back down to the studio to work on the projects. I like that quieter time in the evening, you can focus more easily.<\/p>\n OH: In your opinion, which is going to be the best-seller piece of furniture this season?<\/p>\n AG: If only I knew I would have designed it !\u00a0 LOL !<\/p>\n OH: What do you think about the future of furniture design?<\/p>\n AG: I believe that people when they can will be looking for more and more personal pieces in order to define themselves. I have also always believed in buying more expensive pieces that last longer. Signature pieces generally also better keep their value and can be sold back to someone else rather than thrown away.<\/p>\n OH: You have worked for important companies like Qui est Paul or Bonaldo. With which other company would you like to work for?<\/p>\n AG: There are plenty of very good brands that I would very happy to design for, especially the ones that would enable me to play with other material, technics or logics.<\/p>\n OH: You have won several design awards such as \u201cRed Dot Best of the Best\u201d for the Welded table and the Good Design award for the Big Table. What have they meant for you?<\/p>\n AG: Yes, indeed, we have been very lucky with awards!\u00a0\u00a0 I am always happy to get an award, but then again I don\u2019t really care that much about them.\u00a0 I don\u2019t design for awards, I design for people, but also to express myself and turn my dreams into reality.<\/p>\n I know that some people and in some countries like the states very much appreciate products that have been awarded.\u00a0 So it is a good marketing tool but it is not something that drives me!<\/p>\n OH: Could you tell us in which kind of products are you working on? Which are going to be your next products?<\/p>\n AG: We are working on a lot of new products.\u00a0 At the beginning of June we just had our new X-Ray sofa launched for the very trendy French brand \u201cLa chance\u201d.\u00a0 It is our first collaboration with them and we are all very happy with the end result.<\/p>\n Right now we are working on a very large collection of outdoor furniture and architectural elements that will normally be released in the course of 2016.<\/p>\n We are also working on several new piece for a new high end Belgian brand that will be marketed in an unconventional and innovative way.<\/p>\n And of course new pieces for companies like Bonaldo with whom we have bene collaboration almost since the launch of the studio some 7 years ago.\u00a0 We also always initiate new projects that we then propose to international editors\/producers.<\/p>\n OH: We sell your table Big Table for Bonaldo. Could you tell us about its design process or where did you get the inspiration?<\/p>\n AG: The whole idea behind the Big Table was to make something that looked impossible, but also something non-static that could have different personalities.<\/p>\n Normally a large rectangular table is not supported only at the centre, almost has if it was resting on a point.\u00a0 I had the Tulip table from Eero Saarinen in mind, they don\u2019t have much in common, and the Saarinen table is round, but I liked the fact that it like it was floating.<\/p>\n The particularity of the Big Table is also that it looks like it is in movement. Most furniture pieces are visually fairly static; I like to design pieces that are dynamic.\u00a0 As you go around the table and change perspective it always looks different, liked if it had different personalities.<\/p>\n Then you have the different colours for each of the four legs.\u00a0 That feature came a bit by accident.\u00a0 I wanted to design a table with 4 legs that were different, since I was getting lost in my 3D program; I associated different colours to each of them\u2026.\u00a0 Eventually, it seemed to make sense with the concept of a table with 4 different legs, so it stayed.\u00a0 Visually it probably one of the most instantly recognisable element of the table when in the multicolour version.<\/p>\n Last year Bonaldo also introduced a Corten steel version for the 5 year anniversary of the table.\u00a0 Corten steel is a special metal that protects itself by rusting, it is a material more commonly used in architecture, but I thought it made look even more like a timeless object, an object and a design made to last.<\/p>\n OH: You design mostly furniture. In which other sector would you like to work (ej: jewellery, cars\u2026)?<\/p>\n AG: Well actually, we also design more and more small products.\u00a0 Like the Nomad solar lamp for O\u2019SUN.\u00a0 We also designed a full range of kitchen tools for a new French brand, but its launch took a bit more time than expected. OH: If you weren\u2019t designer, you would be\u2026<\/p>\n AG: Maybe I would still be working in International Finance\u2026. Or stuck in a job that is not really my life!<\/p>\n In depth:<\/p>\n a.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A colour:\u00a0\u00a0 all the colours\u2026<\/p>\n b.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A material:\u00a0 a combination of different materials\u2026<\/p>\n c.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A designer you admire:\u00a0 the late Oscar Niemeyer<\/p>\n d.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0An inspiring piece of furniture:\u00a0 no clue, not generally inspired by furniture…<\/p>\n e.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Your favourite place of your home:\u00a0 my Studio!<\/p>\n f.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0A place to live in:\u00a0 a modernist house like in the old James Bond movies\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hoy tenemos el placer de traeros la entrevista a uno de los dise\u00f1adores m\u00e1s prometedores y exitosos del momento. Se trata de Alain Gilles, un creativo belga que recondujo su carrera desde el mundo de las finanzas para cumplir sus verdaderos sue\u00f1os: dise\u00f1ar. 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\nThe Big Table ( Bonaldo ),\u00a0 the Rock Garden planters collection (Qui est Paul ?), the BuzziHood phone box for mobile phones (Buzzipsace),\u00a0 the Nomad solar lamp\u00a0 (O\u2019Sun), the Container sideboard\u00a0 (Casamania), the Tracks extendable table (Bonaldo),\u00a0 The Pure foosball table (Debuchy by Toulet), the X-Ray sofa (La Chance)\u2026<\/p>\n
\nI like to venture into new fields where we haven\u2019t worked yet.\u00a0 That was very much the case with the foosball table \u201cThe Pure\u201d with designed for the French brand \u201cDebuchy by Toulet\u201d and which is just an incredible piece.<\/p>\n