8×8: alternate chess boards by jim sutherland
all images courtesy of jim sutherland
8×8 is a collection of 64 alternate chess boards designed by jim sutherland (creative director at hat-trick design) all use 32 white and 32 black squares. jim has published a small book and started a tumblr of the project which he will add to over time: there are 1,832,624,140,942,590,534 possible combinations.
you might also want to check out jim’s typographic chess set or read our interview with him.
4 of the physical boards produced so far
8×8 book
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