NAMI
Creative Director NAMIMAN Official


A wonderful afternoon spent with my dear friend talking Chess, design journeys and launch of his exclusive ready to wear collection for the luxury store MASONS.

MALEIK
ATAB Chess Dhurrie Set
NAMIMAN Heritage Ball Cap
NAMIMAN Koenji Blouson
NAMIMAN Carico Double Inverted Pleat Trouser

NAMI
NAMIMAN Heritage Ball Cap
NAMIMAN Carico Vintage Tie
NAMIMAN Koenji Work Shirt
NAMIMAN Reworked Military Trouser

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Shatranj Ke Khilari - The Chess Players
movie poster for
Satyajit Ray's 1977 film

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

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NAMIMAN x ATAB
Shot by KA.RO.SU

‘From my close contacts with artists and chess players, I have come to the conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.’

For Marcel Duchamp, chess was almost everything. As his friend, the author Henri-Pierre Roché, noted: “He needed a good chess game like a baby needs his bottle.” He loved its conceptual nature and its utter purposelessness, aspects that he generously shared with friends and lovers alike.