Mirage is a digital chess set concept that includes a digital projector aside from the conventional chess pieces. This portable chess set is designed for chess enthusiasts that can track the moves of the pieces and provides different playing modes to the user as per the user’s requirement. The old fashioned mode allows two players to play face to face just like an ordinary chess set. When in online mode, a player on net acts as an opponent and the physical pieces are used to play an online game. Finally, the learning or practicing mode allows playing against a computer or watch a game to learn the moves played by chess masters.
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This innovative carbon chessboard is the world’s first carbon built chessboard specially designed by formula F1 designer Dominik Scheurer and his partner. The board is made of high quality steel feet, sterling silver, 24 carat gold and other carbon fiber materials. The exclusiveness of this unique design has achieved by the combination of high quality materials that are normally used in aerospace or motorsport objects. The dimension of the chessboard is 520mm X 520mm X 50mm which is made of 100% carbon and the chessmen are made of carbon or stainless steel and coated with 24 carat gold, which have made the chessboard “pure luxury”.
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Want to play that chess game and don’t know how to play it? The new glass chess conceptual design is sure a God send for you! Each piece of this chess set is contained in a cylinder which turns opaque when removed from the board. The same turns transparent again when they are put back down in one of the squares. This shows that the chess pieces have no value unless one plays with it. So it sure is a pretty sight and a useful tutorial tool as well. So go ahead. Check mate!
Designer : Yasmin Sethi via Dvice
Chess is a cell-car concept where passengers are put in a cell above a platform containing the engine and wheels. The cell can move over the platform in any direction. If a sensor, placed in the platform, detects a possible crash, the passenger-cell is moved away from the expected impact area. This results in more (deformable) distance between impact and passengers, thus higher survival-chances. Depending on position, speed, and place of impact, the passenger-cell moves to the most optimal position to protect the occupants
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Combining two function into one smart device. The digital clock has some funky interface design, great choice for young people. When you turn around the clock, you’ll see that there is a chess set on the other side. The chess pieces each are individually hand lathed and stored in a neat casing which you can slot within the set.
Designer : Huang Zi
