Category: Art of Play
깔끔한 라인의 이 체스 게임은 시대를 초월한 바우하우스 스타일의 특징을 보여줍니다. 1923년에 디자인된 Josef Hartwig의 체스 말은 일반적으로 사용되는 조각과 달리 각 기물의 움직임의 기능과 형태에 순수하게 기반한 상징으로 축소된 형태를 가지고 있습니다. 큐브, 원통, 공이 체크메이트까지 한 수 한 수 안내할 것입니다.
Josef Hartwig 디자인. 독일의 Naef에서 제조.
The reduced geometric shapes took a few games to read at a glance, but now I actually prefer them to standard Staunton pieces. The knight is just an L-block and it's somehow easier to spot mid-game.
I've had this on my coffee table for two weeks and guests keep picking up the pieces to figure out how the knight and bishop are actually distinguished — it's a fun little puzzle before anyone even starts playing. The abstract forms take a game or two to get used to, but the board itself looks like
The reduced geometric pieces are genuinely beautiful on a shelf, but I mostly love how quickly they read on the board once you learn which block is which. Playing with a set designed in 1923 feels like owning a little piece of design history.
