Amazing Chess Set

Check out Yasmin Sethi's Alice-inspired chess set! "Inspired by [Through the Looking Glass], the chess pieces have an opaque mirror finish, when they touch the surface of the board they magically turn transparent and reveal the identity of the piece contained inside them. When removed from the board they revert to being opaque, hiding the identity of the piece. This is a comment on how a chess piece has no value unless it is in play on the board. ...the White Knight only works when placed upside down, a reference to the book where the White Knight talks about how he thinks better when he is upside down." Designed in response to a brief set by Schott UK Ltd. for final year students of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, one hopes that it will soon be on the market!