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.
More Quotes from Charles Eames:
The recognition and understanding of the need was the primary condition of the creative act. When people feel they had to express themselves for originality for its own sake, that tends not to be creativity. Only when you get into the problem and the problem becomes clear, can creativity take over.Charles Eames
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
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Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic.
Charles Eames
It is almost impossible to reconcile self expression with the creative act.
Charles Eames
Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design.
Charles Eames
The details are not the details. They make the design.
Charles Eames
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