Checkmate

Visual

Chess set
Close-up detail
Close-up detail
Individual pieces

Project Statement

Me and my partner redesign the chess set with a new theme: life vs. death. Life and death are always happening and been opposite forever. Life and death are contradictory existences that composed of resistance. We used symbols to present the conflict between life and death. I used scale and contrast to communicate each role to players.

Process

View detailed project process at Checkmate: Process

Reflection

Since I don’t have lots of laser cut time, I had to think more and prepare my file when I was using laser cut. In the beginning, I want to make a 3D skeleton, but it didn’t really work out. I have to make some abstraction of elements to create the balance between 3d effect and visual element. One struggle is that the power of the laser cut is not consistent; most part of file could be cut through while some are not. Communicating with partner is really important. The time we made decision for our theme was late comparing to others.