naef | chessboard for the bauhaus chess pieces | design naef
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The Bauhaus chess pieces came in a wide variety of shapes during the Bauhaus years; the most radical solution to this design challenge is now produced by Naef: all the pieces are made from simple, elementary bodies. The new shapes are intended to show the function - the possible movements when playing chess. There is nothing reminiscent of the traditional queen, king and pawn, and the new pieces no longer have a base either.
The board was offered in various versions: from the glass chessboard for the luxury edition to the multi-foldable version made of cardboard glued to fabric. A simple board with a raised edge was more common, but without the usual designations for the squares.
Around 1980, the Naef company resumed production of chess pieces. At that time, the manufacturer designed a new chess board that was appropriate to the radical design - without any borders and without numbers and letters.
