DETAILS

Kulindros is a chess set that employs a consistent one-inch cylinder made of a base material, to which a single act of 1/4” cuts is applied to create the thematic variation between each piece. Some pieces receive a ‘flourish’ of a contrasting material. The goal was to render legible the common Medieval English motif of soldier (pawn), horse (knight), rampart (rook), cleric (bishop), and female & male regents (queen & king), using an economy of “moves”.

Comprised of stainless steel and frosted glass, each set reverses base and flourish materials to achieve the desired results. The board, rendered in neutral wood, contains spaces (“squares”) marked by one of the two base materials as is common, mostly for the benefit of the bishops.

Built: Mock-up and Prototype, 2012