London based Cinimod Studio, have been shortlisted in the Table category of the International Product Design Awards 2013.

Chess Block, designed by Dominic Harris, is a unique adaptation of a chess board and offers both an abstract lighting object and a functional design piece.

Chess Block designed by Dominic Harris

A game of chess offers its competitors a platform to engage in a strategic and sophisticated game of mental skill. The artwork adds to this, by incorporating a beautiful tangible object, thus embodying the spirit of the game. The three dimensions of the artwork brings volume and beauty to chessboard design. The pieces are comprised of illuminated acrylic shaft that span between the mirror polished stainless steel base and the top plate. The chess pieces are solid glass blocks each containing an intricate three dimensionally illuminated representation of the specific pieces.

The artwork is unique for its use of remote LED light delivery through the acrylic to achieve the ‘extruded’ chess board look. As a manifold artwork, Chess Block facilitates a usable object with intricate lighting components, reducing both to basic geometric elements.