It’s interesting how people react to these designs. For me, I actually find them more confusing than the actual piece shapes, probably because I have the symbol

It’s interesting how people react to these designs. For me, I actually find them more confusing than the actual piece shapes, probably because I have the symbols of knight, rook, etc. burned into my mind from playing chess for thousands of hours as a kid. But it could also be because the geometric shapes are too abstract and lack character, which makes them harder to distinguish from each other. It brings to mind the idea that everything is ultimately a representation, even the things designed to be as straightforward as possible.