From 1963 until 1973, Gilles taught at the Eindhoven Academy
of Industrial Design, where in 1970 he became Director.
Meanwhile his work as an industrial designer continued. In
1973, after having consulted with Carleton University about
a curriculum for a degree program of industrial design,
Gilles accepted a professorship at the university and the
directorship of its newly established School of Industrial
Design. After resigning the directorship in 1985, he founded
the School's Centre for Industrial Design Research, where he
developed a design method for sculpted surfaces. Retiring in
1992 he was appointed Emeritus Professor of Industrial
Design. In 1997 Carleton University granted him a Doctor of
Engineering degree Honoris Causa.

Gilles wrote many articles promoting his ideas about industrial
design. In 1991 Butterworth-Heinemann in Oxford, UK,
published his design handbook Form Organization, new
design procedures for numerical control. In 1999 and 2000
Carleton University printed limited copies of an introductory
text by Wim Gilles, The context of industrial product design.
Wim Gilles passed away in 2002. ::