Chess sets come with all kinds of innovations but Steve Vigar knows how to set his work apart from the rest. We are talking about the beauty of a chess set that he has designed that draws inspiration from New York, Chicago and LA. Yes, to put it straight, he has featured the most famous landmarks from all three cities, including the residential housing models posing as the pawns while the skyscrapers get place among the elite in the second row.

The gorgeous pieces have been laser cut and handcrafted from the finest light or dark wood; there are two options for you to choose from. And with such spectacular chess pieces, no doubt there was a lot of pressure on Vigar to make the board so that it complements the rest of the chess gang. So, the elegant board was made from solid zebra wood and Asian evergreen.

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With higher standard of living becoming the demand of an hour, there comes a push to replace your current car model with an upcoming one. But have you ever thought about the usage possibility that abandoned model of coupe would have generated? If no then it’s time to take inspiration from Armando Ramirez rather than just allowing them to invite dust on its face. Old car parts can do wonders…Ask Ramirez how? Lately, he has used the junk auto parts to design a designer recycled chess set. Priced at $207.95, each chess set has a customized structure designed using heavy and rustic miscellany of an old car.

The cranium of the bishop pieces are made using NGK and AC DELCO spark plugs with each set having their own entity touches. This green form of entertainment is a reminder to your dead realization that going green is our responsibility. It has an attached rustic pseudo-steampunk feel.
If this is not your taste and you wish to give the due amount of respect to your piled up dough then bring home a diamond edition of chess set or ink a neat deal with transparent chess set.
Via GizmosForGeeks / CoolestGadgets

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Whilst in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking-Glass,’ follow-up to the applauded ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ Alice only worry was to identify what’s on the flipside of mirror and thus continues her search for the same. Following the similar heights of curiosity, designer Yasmin Sethi has taken us to an extreme where there is no end to our speculation of the fact what made Sethi come out with such a delicate and revolutionary creation of a Chess Set. The transparent chess set is devised to enrich your playing experience with a possibility that it may be the shock of the life for scholars in this field i.e. David Blaine and Chris Angel.
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After picking up a cylinder and placing it over any random or intelligent square, you would realize they become transparent upon a mere touch.


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