The institute, headquartered at a ranch owned by Demetrios, is funded by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia, a longtime customer of William Stout who has called the store 'a true testament to the importance of design.' Stout has owned his eponymous bookstore, specializing in architecture, art, urban planning and several fields of design, for 48 years and imbued the space with his own aesthetic,' Datebook noted.Įames was founded in spring 2022 by Llisa Demetrios, the Eameses' granddaughter, with a mission to promote interest in architecture, design and the Eames legacy. Plans call for the bookstore to remain in the 1850s-era building that 'hasn't changed much since William Stout created the initial design of the space in the 1980s. The new nonprofit, named for Mid-Century Modern industrial designers Charles and Ray Eames, has retained the store's four employees. The Eames Institute in Petaluma purchased the business in October in a deal that included specialty imprint William Stout Publishers and the store's inventory of more than 70,000 titles. “Danny Boy” was a favorite-Dan was my father’s name, though he wasn’t Irish.William Stout Architectural Books in San Francisco, Calif., has been acquired by the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, 'which has pledged to keep what longtime customers love about the store intact,' Datebook reported. Often behind the wheel she sang some Irish tune.

When she had to stop at a light she adjusted the barrette that made its blissful home in her dark curls or checked her lipstick in the mirror. When Momma drove somewhere she took main streets. He chose a zigzag route to avoid traffic lights. Poppa was free to drive me to piano lessons because at that time, just after the War, doctors took Wednesdays off. Every Wednesday Poppa drove me across town to Miss Paulina’s. At seven I was composing symphonies, like Mozart-well, not exactly-but I was playing Mozart, the easy minuets, rather badly. At five I was improving my word power with the help of the Readers’ Digest. At three I completed huge jigsaw puzzles. I was a show-off.īut, really, didn’t I have a lot to show off? At two I talked in sentences. I was late mastering toothbrush, hair ribbon, shoelace. My father’s two sisters often complained I was young for my age, whatever my age then happened to be. Check ’em out!Īs a celebratory bonus, here’s a sneak peak of the opening lines of “Life Lessons”: So we’re happy to see that her new collection, Binocular Vision, has garnered Sunday book reviews from both the NY Times and the LA Times.

We’re obviously big fans of Edith Pearlman-her story “Life Lessons” is coming out in our fall/winter issue (8.2), and you can read her stories in several CR back issues too.

Binocular vision book by edith pearlman