alain gilles: container sideboard for casamania

belgian designer alain gilles' 'container sideboard' for italian furniture manufacturer casamania is a modular storage system
which appears as if a regular sideboard has been split into different elements or 'containers'. 'a research on deconstruction
and reconstruction, as if a 'standard' sideboard with its different storage functionalities has been split into various elements
and just reconstructed in a different, uneven manner,' says gilles. the overall architecture of the piece brings forth this construction logic.
in a way, it can be seen as a 'landing dock' in which containers for different uses can be stacked on top of one another.
by playing with different types of finishes and settings, several furniture pieces with their own personalities and functions
can easily be created from the same original elements. thus, it will either be seen as more a sideboard, dresser, media storage cabinet
or television stand, and find its way into different rooms of the house.

front view

possible configurations:

concept sketch by alain gilles