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There's probably more beautiful/minimal/witty chess set concepts floating around design blogs than there are people actually still playing the game these days. Nevertheless—graphic design student Alessia Mazzarella's functional set made the Dieter in us smile.
Just in case the concept isn't entirely self explanatory—the shape of each piece is intended to represent its movement, perfect for learning the game:
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bauhaus chess
http://www.nongames.com/articles/pb/img/fig5.jpg
Have you ever heard about bauhaus?!?!?!?!?
my god hartwig ripoff, 90 years later...
"graphic design student Alessia Mazzarella's functional set made the Dieter in us smile."
haha I'm pretty sure Dieter knows his bauhaus
please don't work on a chessboard if you don't know the first rulle.
black on bottom left !!!!
please
and the same for the bauhaus chess :'(
The board itself should be different in colour from the pieces themselves.