It’s been 66 years, and young men are still obsessed with the Eames lounger

The Eames lounge chair and ottoman, iconic pieces of 20th-century American modernism designed by husband-and-wife duo Charles and Ray Eames in 1956, have long enjoyed cult status among architecture and design enthusiasts who drool over the flowing wood grain, lack of exposed screws (except for the arm rests) and permanent recline. More recently, though, the chair seems to have found a new audience, one perhaps more interested in its instantly recognizable silhouette and notorious price tag than its distinguished heritage. “I’m drawing assumptions, but these don’t seem like design fanatics,” Kirkpatrick said. “They seem like status fanatics, and this chair is their new symbol.”