To start this project I began by researching older styles of chess. I began by looking at minimalist styles from Eastern Europe and Asia and the more traditional, rounded styles that we see as standard today.
I then researched more modern styles of chess sets, based around modern culture, events, industrialisation and modern innovations in design.
In the final chess set, the light wooden tops and the heavy metal bases keep the pieces perfectly balanced and do not allow them to fall over. I do not like the idea that you are unable to knock pieces over once you have taken them, but this design did encourage me to look at more surreal chess set and I was inspired to create a chess set where the pieces appeared to be floating over a base.
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