Only a few of the objects he designed would make it to my home because of their style and larger than necessary presence, but I've always appreciated the archetypal character of his production, his masterful sense of proportions and how he put back feelings, maybe poetry, into modern designs.

Every piece of his work I know of is a lesson ; what a sad thing to learn that the source has gone dry on monday.

This post, where my commentary on the Kindle product design has been described as a "silly attempt to review via photos" made me realize that product designers are actually this kind of guys, they judge products from pictures.

On top of the pleasure to discover Charles and Ray Eames moving and talking, here are two quotes I found interesting, regarding the design practice :

About woodworking, the pleasure of building with your hands, and an interesting argument on what qualifies a professional versus an amateur. 5'12".

Jasper Morrison in Milan during the 2007 Salone, discussing the term "Supernormal" with the new director of Domus magazine :

"Supernormal is the synthetic replacement for normal. Because I think we're not innocent enough anymore to make normal. We kind of threw it away, it's gone.
Everything now which is build, every chain store, every restaurant, every chair, every teacup is designed.
The innocence of a product which is really at ease in an atmosphere is lost.
So I think that's really a dangerous situation.
The goal of design has been distorted in a way by too much media attention, you know, too much attention on the designer.
...
So, yeah, I think this is something we need to talk about, at least."

The interview has an overall Borat taste but these words made it worth to look at. Get to the Philippe Starck bit for a live example of what he meant.