Resolving the problem of the power nap

In 1955, while filming on location, director Billy Wilder discovered he could take quick naps on a plank held up by saw horses. This prompted Wilder to tell his friends Charles and Ray Eames that he needed a narrow office couch. The Eameses remembered that conversation and in 1968 introduced the Eames Chaise, giving the first one to Wilder. It has been produced by Herman Miller ever since.