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Josef Hartwig's Bauhaus Chess: An Iconic Piece of Modernist Design
The Bauhaus #chess set by Josef Hartwig is a masterpiece of the #Bauhaus movement and an example of Hartwig's clear ideas about what design should achieve. He reduced the chess pieces to elementary geometric shapes and dispensed with ornaments to create pieces that were both functional and aesthetic. The chess set was also a political statement against war, as Hartwig demilitarized the chess pieces and advocated for peace.
Calvert Chess Coffee Table
To celebrate 120 years of Ferdinand Kramer® CALVERT CHESS presents a chess table version of the well-known coffee table based on a cardboard picnic table Kramer designed for Coca-Cola in 1951. The special edition features a black chessboard pattern screen-printed onto the tabletop and is available in oak veneer. #chess #table