A Quote by 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

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Charles Eames
American - Designer
June 17, 1907 - August 21, 1978

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George Gilder

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Victor Papanek

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Dieter Rams

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Jonathan Ive

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Wallace Stevens

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George Gilder

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Dan Kiley

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Richard Saul Wurman

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