DMTV Milkshake: Llisa Demetrios on Staying Curious + Asking Questions
Llisa Demetrios, youngest grandchild of Ray + Charles Eames, shares her work at the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity and as a bronze sculptor.
?What I loved about my grandparents is that they didn’t ever consider something a failure, but merely a misconception,? says Llisa Demetrios ? the founder, with Airbnb?s Joe Gebbia, of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity. Demetrios is the youngest grandchild of Ray and Charles Eames, the iconic American designers, famous for their work across design disciplines: architecture, furniture design, graphic design, textile design, and more. The Institute aims to share their legacy, including pieces that weren?t acquired by the Library of Congress. Some of that work will hopefully be viewable at the Eames Ranch in California, which is now undergoing a multi-year renovation. In the meantime, the Institute?s findings are viewable online and via temporary installations, put up by partner organizations. ???????"""""""""""""""""
Demetrios is more than a family historian, par excellence ? she?s also, on her father?s side, a third-generation bronze sculptor. ?I actually feel that they inform each other,? she says in this week?s Milkshake, when we asked her how her different roles ? Eames activist, bronze artist ? compete with each other for her attention. ?I [appreciate] working with the [Eames] collection and looking at [its] history ? t...
?What I loved about my grandparents is that they didn’t ever consider something a failure, but merely a misconception,? says Llisa Demetrios ? the founder, with Airbnb?s Joe Gebbia, of the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity. Demetrios is the youngest grandchild of Ray and Charles Eames, the iconic American designers, famous for their work across design disciplines: architecture, furniture design, graphic design, textile design, and more. The Institute aims to share their legacy, including pieces that weren?t acquired by the Library of Congress. Some of that work will hopefully be viewable at the Eames Ranch in California, which is now undergoing a multi-year renovation. In the meantime, the Institute?s findings are viewable online and via temporary installations, put up by partner organizations. ???????"""""""""""""""""
Demetrios is more than a family historian, par excellence ? she?s also, on her father?s side, a third-generation bronze sculptor. ?I actually feel that they inform each other,? she says in this week?s Milkshake, when we asked her how her different roles ? Eames activist, bronze artist ? compete with each other for her attention. ?I [appreciate] working with the [Eames] collection and looking at [its] history ? t...
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