September 18th, 2009

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London Design Festival 09: The Tournament, a giant chess set by Spanish designer Jaime Hayón, opened in Trafalgar Square in London today.

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The installation is the centrepiece of this year’s London Design Festival, which officially starts tomorrow.

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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.

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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.

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Photos are by Susan Smart Photography.



Posted by Marcus Fairs

17 Responses to “The Tournament by Jaime Hayón”

  1. mil Says:

    HE IS TOO ORNAMENTAL….

  2. GiantD Says:

    “too much is not enough”
    -Eric Owen Moss

  3. The Fake Sartorialst Says:

    These are beautiful as urban objects, just the thought that someone could break one with a simple clumsy movement makes them seem very temporary.

  4. berts bobje Says:

    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.

  5. shaito Says:

    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 …

  6. roz Says:

    boring, deeply boring

  7. m Says:

    I wish there would be photo’s of the stairs and the chairs …!

  8. JoeS Says:

    What are the materials?

  9. modular Says:

    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.

  10. designgurunyc Says:

    time for a little progress, Jaime, these are not looking new any more.

  11. Replica Designer Handbags Says:

    wow,if i was there ,i would be so excited.
    like them.

  12. joyio Says:

    beautiful concept , bravo jamie !

  13. jerom vals Says:

    hayon is a true artist mr modular if you are looking for a function in this pieces go to ikea .

  14. eng sang Says:

    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..

  15. tanya telford - T Says:

    will have a look at this, it sounds quite good, social, fun etc, are people playing all day, every day for the festival?

  16. Cr Says:

    Bad pictures. The most impressive part are the stairs and the chairs standing in front of the board !

  17. jzi Says:

    wow! they’re nice..chuy au bai….

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