Charles Eames
Charles Ormond Eames Jr. was an American designer, architect and filmmaker. In professional partnership with his wife Ray-Bernice Kaiser Eames, he made groundbreaking contributions in the fields of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.
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Trending topics shown first"an expression of purpose. It may, if it is good enough, later be judged as art."
"One could describe Design as a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose."
"America Meets Charles and Ray Eames on NBC's "Home" show, 1956"
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