Bauhaus Chess Set Playing Cards Quarto takes the familiar goal

Quarto takes the familiar goal of aligning four pieces in a row and turns it on its head

Like craps

The geodesic pot hovers several inches above the wooden base while a real

bounce the cloth from hand to hand and watch as it transforms itself back into the shape of a bird

Perhaps the unusual nature of this puzzle’s design is a clue to the mechanism

Bauhaus Chess Set Playing Cards Quarto takes the familiar goalThis game of chess with clean lines is characteristic of the timeless Bauhaus style. Josef Hartwigs chessmen, designed in 1923, have reduced forms which, in contrast to commonly used figures, are symbols based purely on the function and form of the maneuver of each piece. Cubes, cylinders and balls will lead you move by move to checkmate. Designed by Josef Hartwig. Manufactured by Naef in Germany.