Brass Knuckles or Chess Board? This Unique Set Lets You Play Anytime

French designer Louis Le Joly Senoville wanted to be able to play chess anytime, anywhere. But how to carry around an entire chess set with you?

His concept design is for a full chess set, made from wearable materials. From laser cut chess pieces you can wear as rings, to a silk scarf that doubles as the board. To a custom wristwatch that comes apart to become dual chess timers.

The idea is funny and charming, more “can I do it?” than “I’d wear this everyday”. However, we applaud the ingenuity, and think the chunky, modern chess rings are actually quite cool looking.

See more about this fun, multi-purpose project on Dezeen.

Images © Copyright Louis Le Joly Senoville. 

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“Le Joly Senoville said he took inspiration from various historical concealed wearable objects – including silk maps of France used by the British Royal Air Force during the second world war, 19th-century French military training scarves and a whistle ring that the designer saw in a museum – in developing the design of Ha Mat.

The kit’s 32 chunky rings reinterpret traditionally columnar chess pieces as simplified shapes created by making cut-outs into a rectangular block of metal.

Each has a flat base so it can stand on the board, a circle cut-out to fit a finger, and a top with a graphic relief that represents the piece, whether that is through a cross for the king, a zigzag evoking the usual crown of the queen or a reductionist horse head for the knight.”

–Dezeen

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