Comments on: The Tournament by Jaime Hayón

By: JamesBennett

JamesBennett — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 07:54:00 +0000

In what appears quite a Salvador Dali-esque scene, you can tell why his countryman Jaime Hayon’s “The Tournament”, a giant chess set in Trafalgar Square in London, was the centrepiece in the London Design Festival. Every chess piece in the installation is beautifully crafted and painted. It is interesting to know that this giant chess set commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, between the British naval fleet and that of the combined Spanish and French fleets, though one can’t help but wonder about the political sensitivity of it. I wonder the same as one of the comments, if the chess pieces in this giant chess set were actually moved or if they were able to be played in a chess game.

By: jzi

jzi — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:58:27 +0000

wow! they’re nice..chuy au bai….

By: Cr

Cr — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:43:47 +0000

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

By: tanya telford - T

tanya telford - T — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:52:59 +0000

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

By: eng sang

eng sang — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:24:55 +0000

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..