Backgammon Boards by Ara & Jack Peterson

Providence, Rhode Island based artist Ara Peterson — known for his work with intense, saturated color and eye-popping graphic patterns — collaborated with his father, Jack Peterson, in a collection of colorful backgammon boards.

A perfect storm of artwork, craft and collections meeting with October's theme COLOR! You can see more of the Peterson Backgammon Boards at the Ratio 3 site — A San Francisco gallery that often shows the work of Ara Peterson.

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I miss backgammon. These are beautiful. I want one just to have it sitting out and looking gorgeous.

What a great gift for the whole family and for the mommies that like good looking toys :)

posted by MODERnestS on September 28th 2009 at 4:02pm
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These are the coolest!

posted by jooly on September 28th 2009 at 4:17pm
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1. Modern
2. Artsy
3. 70s Funk
4. Retro-Classy
5. Girly

posted by Djluckyonline on September 28th 2009 at 5:27pm
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These are beautiful (and not girly at all, I'd say)! If I had one of those, I'd be totally inspired to learn to play backgammon.

posted by Mlle Kate on September 28th 2009 at 7:21pm
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cute

posted by kjansson on September 28th 2009 at 7:33pm
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As art, they're beautiful. As backgammon boards, they're hopeless. You'd get a migraine after five minutes of play.

posted by Blandwagon on September 28th 2009 at 11:20pm
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Beautiful!

posted by hrhprincessfiona on September 29th 2009 at 2:39am
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backgammon is our family's tradition — we've all played with my dad since we were kids. these are really cool, but I love the old school plain wooden boards.

posted by thehaystackneedle on September 29th 2009 at 3:54pm
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