11 The Beautiful Game is to foosball tables as Vertu is to basic Nokias (video)

Foosball , it’s the game of champions too afraid to step outside and get their boots muddy. If that’s a sentiment you can relate to, you’ll have no trouble understanding why a team of Dutch designers has put together this here foosball table deluxe, which they’ve called 11 The Beautiful Game. In development since way back in 2008, the 11 has just made its way into limited production with a pre-order available via GRO Design’s website. We had a little looksie inside the company’s portfolio of past works and, as it turns out, it’s already responsible for designing the Nokia 6500 and 6500 Slide , meaning it should be well versed in the art of massaging metal into beauty. Each unit ordered takes 12 weeks of meticulous handcrafting to build, but if you haven’t got that long to wait, the video’s just after the break right now. [Thanks, Martin] Continue reading 11 The Beautiful Game is to foosball tables as Vertu is to basic Nokias (video) 11 The Beautiful Game is to foosball tables as Vertu is to basic Nokias (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:49:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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