“Is Design an expression of art?”

“I would rather say it’s an expression of purpose. It may, if it is good enough, later be judged as art.”

- Madame L’Amic speaking with Charles Eames (also speaking on behalf of Ray Eames), Design Q & A, Qu’est ce que le design? (What is Design?) at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Palais de Louvre, 1972, Transcript at hermanmiller.com