London Design Festival 09: The Tournament, a giant chess set by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, opened in Trafalgar Square in London today.
The installation is the centrepiece of this year’s London Design Festival, which officially starts tomorrow.
Hayón’s chess set represents the Battle of Trafalgar, a key naval battle between the British fleet and the combined French and Spanish fleets, which took place off the Atlantic coast of Spain in 1805.
More info on this project, including text, renderings and drawings, in our earlier story.
See all our stories on London Design Festival 2009 in our special category.
Photos are by Susan Smart Photography.
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Posted by Marcus Fairs
September 19th, 2009 at 2:01 am
HE IS TOO ORNAMENTAL….
September 19th, 2009 at 4:11 am
“too much is not enough”
-Eric Owen Moss
September 19th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
These are beautiful as urban objects, just the thought that someone could break one with a simple clumsy movement makes them seem very temporary.
September 19th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Will Hayon be there during the whole LDF to move the pieces around or whats going on there?
otherwise, very boring and LDF is draining its money.
September 19th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
dezeen you need more pictures to show the beauty of this installation , i was there now and its amazing , you cannot see the ambient and you cannot see the quality on the web .. i love it …
September 20th, 2009 at 11:01 am
boring, deeply boring
September 20th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I wish there would be photo’s of the stairs and the chairs …!
September 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
What are the materials?
September 20th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
I’ve been here yesterday. This is really boring. I mean, when I first saw the 3Ds and mockups I got all excited. But the reality is completely different. This is just boring and has nothing related to design.
September 21st, 2009 at 12:32 am
time for a little progress, Jaime, these are not looking new any more.
September 21st, 2009 at 5:38 am
wow,if i was there ,i would be so excited.
like them.
September 21st, 2009 at 3:08 pm
beautiful concept , bravo jamie !
September 21st, 2009 at 3:21 pm
hayon is a true artist mr modular if you are looking for a function in this pieces go to ikea .
September 21st, 2009 at 3:24 pm
i ve got excited when i saw it yesterday in real much better than the renders, i was with my girlfriend and the weather was amazing. this is a beautiful social event fantastic ! nice pict dezeen..
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:52 am
will have a look at this, it sounds quite good, social, fun etc, are people playing all day, every day for the festival?
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:43 am
Bad pictures. The most impressive part are the stairs and the chairs standing in front of the board !
September 24th, 2009 at 3:58 am
wow! they’re nice..chuy au bai….