Inspired by the children’s book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (1871) written by Lewis Carroll, this wonderful chess set crafted by designer Yasmin Sethi literally mimics the magical properties of its fictional inspiration. In the novel, Alice falls through a mirror and becomes a piece in a game of chess on the other side. Drawing on this fascinating image, the chess set too features pieces with an opaque mirror finish that turn transparent and reveal the identity of the piece inside as soon as they come in contact with the surface of the board.
Although all of this may look childish enough, the chess set actually reveals a much graver layer of philosophy that dictates that a chess piece has no value unless it is in play on the board which of course is a stark comment on the materialistic mindset of the society in general.
Source: Pan Dan
