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Japan Brand Brings To You Some Spectacular Chess Sets That Deserve Exclusive Attention

Saba — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:41:42 +0000

Golf may be the game of the Richie Richs today but in the days gone by, it was chess (hands down) that mainly defined the leisure time of the Royalty and the intellectuals. We have witnessed quite an interesting range of some luxurious adaptations of the board game in the past. And today, we have one more. The limited edition lacquered chess sets from Japan Brand deserve a respectable place in your uber-rich house for it exudes such a charm that it should not get anything less!

These unqiue design patterns have been created by a New York designer, Alexander Gelman. He has developed the chess sets in four different types of extremely fine Japanese craftsmanship – fuki-urushi (wood lacquering), makie (gold lacquering), haku (platinum lacquering) and kutani (hand decorated ceramic pieces with intricate patterns).
As of now, the chess sets are on display at the Fellissimo Design House in Manhattane to excite New Yorkers. They will be available for made to order at a price lying between $80K and $123K depending on the craftsmanship. Apparently, Gelman wants his city mates to see an alternate way of life via these magnificent artworks!

Via breitbart

Steve Vigar Brings NY, Chicago & LA Onto Chess

Saba — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:46:34 +0000

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.

We are guessing that the rivalry between these metros of the US might just see a new side of their togetherness in a friendly game of chess. The chess set comes with a price tag of $2,100.

Via outofaces

Green Chess Set by Armando Ramirez, Courtesy Recycled Auto Parts

Zolamarquis — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:46:28 +0000

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

Elite Find of the Day: Transparent Chess Set from Alice’s Wonderland

Zolamarquis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:04:33 +0000

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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.

Via Gizmodo/ CribCandy