Charles Eames Quotes

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

Charles Eames

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

Charles Eames

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Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

Charles Eames

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

Charles Eames

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About Author

Charles Ormond Eames Jr. (June 17, 1907 – August 21, 1978) was an American designer, architect and filmmaker. In professional partnership with his spouse Ray Kaiser Eames, he made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Charles Eames

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Charles Eames

Tags: architecture, design, idea, route

Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.

Charles Eames

Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.

Charles Eames

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To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

Charles Eames

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

Charles Eames