A CRYSTAL PLAY SET

A first collaboration between architect Daniel Libeskind and Swarovski, this championship-size chess set celebrates some of the design wunderkind’s most iconic buildings set on a board showing maps of Milan and New York, the two cities where he lives and works. The chess set is made from concrete and marble mixed in with luxurious elements: Silver from from Wiener Silber Manufactur and Swarovski crystal. The two crystal kings take the form of the Freedom Tower in New York. The Queen, also in crystal, is represented by Libeskind’s CityLife tower in Milan. The silver Bishop is the L Tower in Toronto, the marble Knight the Tor Di Valle in Rome, the concrete Rook is Century Spire in Manila, and the aluminium Pawn takes the form of the Pyramid Tower in Jerusalem.