Charles Eames citations

Charles Ormond Eames, junior, dit Charles Eames, né le 17 juin 1907 à Saint-Louis, Missouri, et mort le 21 août 1978 à Saint-Louis, était un designer, architecte et cinéaste américain. Il a principalement travaillé avec son épouse, Ray Eames. Il est considéré comme un designer majeur du XXe siècle car il a su faire évoluer le design vers la production de masse et de volume.

✵ 17. juin 1907 – 21. août 1978
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Charles Eames: Citations en anglais

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

Source: Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century. 1998, p. 90: Also cited in: AA Files: Annals of the Architectural Association School of Architecture, Nr. 31-32 (1996). p. 111

“The details are not the details. These make the design.”

Attributed to Charles Eames in: Garrett, Jesse James. "The Elements of User Experience." Diagram retrieved January (2004).
Alternative: The details are not the details. The details make the product.

“Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects… the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.”

Attributed to Charles Eames in: Georgia Bizios (1998) Architecture Reading Lists and Course Outlines. p. 494

“One could describe Design as a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose.”

In answer of the question: What is your definition of Design?
Design Q & A with Charles Eames, 1972

“I have never been forced to accept compromises but I have willingly accepted constraints.”

Charles Eames, interview in: Domus, monthly review of architecture interiors design art, Nr. 482-493, 1970; Cited in: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1980) Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. p. 77

“[Design is] an expression of purpose. It may, if it is good enough, later be judged as art.”

In answer of the question: Is Design an expression of art?
Design Q & A with Charles Eames, 1972

“Design may be a solution to some industrial problems.”

In answer of the question: Is Design a craft for industrial purposes?
Design Q & A with Charles Eames, 1972

“Designers should only innovate as a last resort.”

Source: Charles and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century. 1998, p. 373: Attributed to Charles Eames

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