🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Tue, Jul 8, 2014 02:29 AM UTC:
Here's what I was thinking in choosing the pieces for the logo. I wanted
at least one piece that would be easily recognizable as a Chess variant
piece by someone who is familiar only with Chess. I chose the Knight-Rook
compound for this, because it combines two recognizable Chess pieces into a
new piece, and the Knight and Rook are two of the most iconic Chess pieces.
I chose the Magnetic set version, because it is both beautiful and
recognizable. For the other piece, I initially wanted one looking right,
but not finding many of those, I picked one looking forward. I chose the
blue Brain from Storm the Ivory Tower and Smess, because blue contrasts
well with red, the Brain suggests the intellectual aspect of playing Chess
variants, and it may be recognizable to people familiar with Smess.