Platner Heist! Thieves Ransack Designer Home, Leaving Only One Chair
A brazen home invasion in a quiet Chicago suburb has the design world in a frenzy. The target: a collector of iconic mid-century furniture. The haul: everything except one single, heavily bolted-down Platner dining chair. The robbers took eight other pieces, including a rare Eames lounge, but reportedly gave up on the wire-frame stunner. Now, the chair has become a viral symbol of defiance, with the owner posting a video captioned, “They took the loot, but the Platner stands guard.”