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Also known as Charles Ormond Eames, Charles O. Eames, Charles Orman Eames

designer, architetto e regista statunitense

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Men of modern mathematics
  • Re-connections
  • The work of Charles and Ray Eames
  • 100 Quotes By Charles Eames
  • Powers of Ten

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Charles Eames was an American designer, architect and film maker. In creative partnership with his spouse, Ray Kaiser Eames, he was responsible for groundbreaking contributions in the field of architecture, furniture design, industrial design, manufacturing and the photographic arts.

Known for

  • Eames: The Architect and the Painter — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Design Q & A — Self1972
  • Toccata for Toy Trains — Narrator1957

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Quotes

  • I have never been forced to accept compromises but I have willingly accepted constraints.
  • Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects... the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.
  • The details are not the details. These make the design.
  • One could describe Design as a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose.
  • [Design is] an expression of purpose. It may, if it is good enough, later be judged as art.
  • Design may be a solution to some industrial problems.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
St. Louis
Place of death
St. Louis
Spouse
Ray Eames
Languages spoken
English language
Participant in
Documenta III
Field of work
industrial design
Official website
eamesfoundation.org
Image
Charles Eames in Arts & Architecture, January 1945 (page 41 crop).jpg
Work location
Los Angeles
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date of birth
1907-06-17
date of death
1978-08-21
has works in the collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Commons category
Charles Eames
start of work period
1930-00-00
partner in business or sport
Ray Eames
pseudonym
Eames Jr., Charles Ormond
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Article · Italiano

Charles Ormond Eames, Jr (Saint Louis, 17 giugno 1907 – Saint Louis, 21 agosto 1978) è stato un designer, architetto e regista statunitense.

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