Charles Eames quotes

Charles Eames was an influential American designer and architect, best known for his iconic furniture designs. With a career spanning over three decades, Eames revolutionized the concept of modern furniture with his innovative and functional creations. His renowned Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman became an instant classic, blending style with comfort. Alongside his wife, Ray Eames, Charles pioneered the use of new materials, such as molded plywood and plastic, to create groundbreaking designs that still resonate today. Their collaborative work extended to architecture, exhibitions, and filmmaking, leaving an indelible mark on the world of design. Discover the timeless elegance of Charles Eames' designs and the lasting legacy he created.

The details are details. They make the product. The connections, the connections, the connections. It will in the end be these details that give the product its life.

- Charles Eames

We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next.

- 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

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

- 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

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

- Charles Eames