> The only reason anyone pays attention to them is because of the aura of prestige that they accrue from coming from a famous designer. Then again, aren’t famo

> The only reason anyone pays attention to them is because of the aura of prestige that they accrue from coming from a famous designer. Then again, aren’t famous designers famous—at least in part—because they are good at designing? I think it’s reasonable to pay attention to their designs, or to expect them to be any good. In this case, though, I feel like your ‘aura’ explanation makes some sense, because Donald Judd is mostly famous as a visual artist. His minimalist visual art isn’t really concerned with the practical details a furniture designer might worry about, and in the context of furniture design his modernist aesthetic is nothing remarkable. So I guess the aura of his visual art and his aura as an artist would play a big role for people who acquire these chairs.