Charles Eames Design Quotations

The details are not the details. They make the design.

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.

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

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.

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