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Contemporary Chess, 2026
A game without thrones

0-99 / Speculative design / 0.8 kg
project exhibited in Milano Design Week 26

Chess rules are shared, immutable, and equal for all. Its pieces are not. Crowns, crosses and ranks carry a medieval hierarchy that no longer matches the logic of the game. Contemporary Chess starts from that fracture. The rules stay untouched; the visual language doesn't. Form follows movement, geometry replaces status, and meaning comes from how a piece plays rather than what it represents.

The core question was whether geometry could replace color. Instead of black against white, the two sides are distinguished by form, two primary geometries, each identifying a team without assigning it a value.
Contemporary Chess was shown during Milan Design Week at "0-99. Design per gioco" and at Pantera Studio, in different color variations.