“A research on deconstruction and reconstruction,” designer Alain Gilles says, diving into the breakdown of his Container Sideboard creation. “As if a ‘standard’ sideboard with its different storage functionalities has been split into various elements and just reconstructed in a different, uneven manner.” Just like manufacturer Casamania, who obviously adored the Belgian design, we were smitten with it’s varied angles, dimensions, and modular lightness.

The Container Sideboard. Designed by Alain Gilles. Manufactured by Casamania.

Don’t Just Contain Your Wild Design Side, Make it Modular: The Container Sideboard by Alain Gilles for Casamania.

The base built in elm wood and the containers constructed in lacquered MDF, Gilles and the Italian manufacturer, Casamania, tactfully came through with this modular storage system for a market that values versatility and personalization. Appearing to be a regular sideboard split into different elements, or ‘containers’, as its title would suggest, the piece follows a stackable order that grows on us.

By using different finishes in entirely unique configurations, the piece becomes an architectural work of art that expands and contracts as necessary – accommodating large and small spaces alike. Use the Container Sideboard as a highly-functioning console table, a dresser, or media center and cabinet depending on the needs of the surrounding space.

Stack, spread out, and maximize the comfort of a using the Container Sideboard by Alain Gilles for Casamania. Its personality merrily differentiates between materials and finishes while giving your design intuition the opportunity to shine.

About the Designer: Formerly of the financial sphere, Belgian designer Alain Gilles made his way into design later in life than what is considered normal. His excellence in industrial design catapulted the brooding creative into the world of Italian design soon after. Emerging with his own studio in 2007, Gilles soon developed a very personal approach to his product design, furniture design, art direction, and interior spaces.

About the Manufacturer: Founded in 1984, Casamania covers the worlds of contract and design with what they call “a universe of objects” which range from modular systems to seating, lighting and accessories. Constantly developing whilst catering primarily to home furnishing, Casamania’s products are also suitable for use in contract and offices.

Via Designboom.