Design Q & A with Charles Eames

I get to know about Charles and Ray Eames from the iPad App: Minds of Modern Mathematics by IBM on iTunes Store. (from this App on iTunes you can find another great IBM App THINK).

Suddenly I realised that once I watched a video on YouTube about Design. It was from an interview of Charles Eames in 1969 and was later made a film in 1972. The conversation (Q & A) in the interview is still inspiring as of today. The short film is still available on YouTube and I have embedded it below. 

It is worthwhile to transcribe the conversation to further regurgitate and reflect on the meaning of design. You may turn on the auto captions when watching the above YouTube video, but auto captions may not always be correct. 

When I was about to make an effort to transcribe, a quick Google search saved my time. Here is a picture of the transcription.

Source: http://www.tenniswood.co.uk/design/charles-eames-on-design/

There are also many blogs and teaching resources about this interview conversation. I would recommend you to read this blog, particularly the Design C & A video, in that a child answered all the same questions in the interview. http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/10/03/charles-eames-on-design-1972/

Mr Eames in the interview did not answer the last question "What is the future of design?", but the Child did.