Design Games

Almost too beautiful to play – games for desks, shelves & coffee tables

Some games disappear back into the cupboard after the last round. Others deserve to stay out. On your desk, on a shelf or on the coffee table – because their design is just as enjoyable as playing them. At LIVOSY, you'll find design games for adults that bring play and interiors together. For now, we're keeping things small and playful with compact games from Lund Design House. In future, we'd love to expand the collection – with more variety, bigger pieces and always an eye for good design.

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Too beautiful to hide away

A game doesn't have to look as though it's simply waiting for the next games night. Good design can turn playing cards, board games and small games of skill into objects that naturally become part of a room.

On the coffee table next to books and a favourite bowl. On a shelf between a vase and treasured objects. Or on your desk, where a little more personality rarely goes amiss.

Materials, colours, shapes and small details all influence whether we want to put a game away after the last round – or simply leave it out.

That's exactly the combination we're interested in: design games that are ready whenever you feel like playing and blend effortlessly back into your interior afterwards.

Five minutes can be plenty

Not every game needs a free evening, four players and the willingness to read twelve pages of rules first.

Sometimes five minutes is all you need.

Small desk games and office games are perfect for moments like these. A quick round between tasks, something to keep your hands occupied during a long phone call or a little competition with colleagues over a coffee break.

The compact games from Lund Design House, for example, fit easily on a desk or sideboard and require neither much space nor lengthy preparation. Once you've finished playing, simply leave them where they are and they become a decorative accessory again.

After all, a short break doesn't always have to start with another glance at your phone.

When your hands are playing, your mind gets a little break

Anyone who spends all day working at a screen knows the feeling: a break would be good, but there isn't quite enough time for a proper one.

A small analogue game can offer a brief change of pace. Not as a miracle cure for stress, and certainly not with the promise that you'll suddenly be twice as creative afterwards. Simply as an opportunity to do something different for a few minutes.

Move pieces. Take aim. Arrange things. Play a quick round. Or simply give your hands something to do during a phone call.

Especially in the office or home office, compact games can be a charming addition to your desk. They take up very little space, work without a screen or internet connection and wait patiently for your next little break.

Your desk deserves some personality

Laptop. Screen. Keyboard. Perhaps a pen pot.

Functional, certainly. But perhaps a little short on personality for a place where many of us spend quite a few hours.

Small design games for the desk can be an office accessory, decorative object and source of entertainment all at once. The Acrylic Games from Lund Design House, for example, reinterpret games such as Tic Tac Toe, Bowling, Cornhole, Shuffleboard and Curling as compact objects made from acrylic.

That makes them particularly well suited to the office or home office: small enough not to take over half your workspace and decorative enough not to disappear into a drawer after every game.

And if a colleague asks what's sitting on your desk, the next round probably isn't far away.

From desk to coffee table

At LIVOSY, however, design games aren't meant to stop at the desk.

The idea works just as beautifully in the living room. High-quality board games, puzzles, playing cards, chess sets and other games can become part of an interior through their design – and be deliberately left on display on a coffee table or shelf.

The larger the game, the more it becomes an object in the room in its own right. Materials and craftsmanship become increasingly important, as do colours and shapes that complement the surrounding interior.

A board game can invite people to play together while adding character to a room at the same time.

The rules determine whether we enjoy playing it. The design might determine whether we put it away afterwards.

Going analogue can be surprisingly refreshing

No battery. No update. No push notification just before the decisive move.

Analogue games are wonderfully uncomplicated. Whether it's a quick round of Tic Tac Toe, a classic deck of playing cards, a puzzle or a more elaborate board game.

That's exactly what can feel so refreshing during a short break: for a few minutes, something happens away from a screen. Instead of scrolling, you play, experiment or simply keep your hands busy with the game pieces.

At the office, it might turn into a spontaneous round with colleagues or team members. At home, perhaps a game around the coffee table. And sometimes it's simply a few minutes of keeping your hands occupied.

That counts too.

A good gift doesn't always need an occasion

There are some people for whom the question 'What should I give them?' becomes surprisingly complicated. Especially when they already seem to have everything – or at least insist they don't need anything.

A beautifully designed game can therefore make a rather charming gift for adults. It combines design, enjoyment and function without taking itself too seriously.

Small design games make lovely little gifts, presents for colleagues or thoughtful surprises for anyone with a soft spot for interiors. High-quality board games, distinctive playing cards and other beautifully designed games, meanwhile, can make more substantial gifts for design lovers.

At LIVOSY, you'll currently find the accessible, affordably priced games from Lund Design House – small gifts that don't need to make a grand gesture to bring a little joy.

Sometimes the material is part of the game

Acrylic gives a small office game an entirely different character from wood. Leather changes the feel of a classic board game. Metal gives playing pieces weight. Paper and card can turn beautiful playing cards into miniature graphic artworks.

With design games in particular, the material is part of the overall design.

That opens up all kinds of possibilities: from minimalist chess sets and colourful puzzles to modern board games and almost sculptural game objects. Even classic games can be completely reinterpreted through different materials, proportions and colours.

And that's exactly why we want this category to grow. Not in just one direction and not only on the desk – but wherever good design and play come together surprisingly well.