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:
I suffer from that object fetish schizophrenia where I'm taken by very new things and very old things. Sketching on an iPad is awesome, and so is laying ink in a Moleskine. On my desk I've got a stack of rare internal documents from the Singer company circa 1920 or...
This month saw the release of the Karim Rashid × 3M (yes, that one) "Pebble" Post-It and tape dispensers. Rashid recently summed it up for the New York Times:I wanted to get out of the idea that these objects are pretty utilitaria. When you have them on your desk, they're...
Monterrey, Mexico-based Jorge Diego Etienne's "Choose Your Bullets" are art tool holders that look like huge revolver barrels. We initially figured Etienne was making a statement along the lines of Make art not war, but his intent is a bit more complicated:Your pen can be more harmful than a gun....
For the past few months, during nightly dog walks I've been passing an under-renovation place on Crosby Street with a big sign that said "Coming Soon: SoHo Synagogue." Last month they finally took the paper off the glass, revealing a very modern, barcode-like pattern on the windows that I wouldn't...
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