The furniture’s elegantly-simple forms are a tribute to the organizing power of geometry: the large table is a perfect hexagon suspended on six perpendicular planes, which function as the table’s legs. The table’s hexagonal shape is subdivided into six equilateral triangles to form the stools. Each stool sits on three legs that radiate from the triangle’s center. 

Wright, like artists predating him by centuries (Vitruvius, Leonardo) recognized the extraordinary power of geometry in design. Universal geometric shapes like squares, circles and triangles transcend cultures and time periods. Geometric forms are not just the basis for Wright’s furniture designs, they form the foundation of his entire architectural oeuvre.

Architectural styles such as “Colonial” and “Victorian” come and go because they are fashion. They are fleeting. Many houses built as recently as the 1990s now look dated and ugly. But Wright’s works from the 1930s, like his masterpiece Fallingwater, still look dazzingly modern. Wright’s designs are based on pure geometric forms, so they will never look old or “out of fashion.” A circle will always be a circle, and an equilateral triangle will still be a fundamental part of our reality 1,000 years from now.

And what about our table and stools set? At its core, this superb design is essentially just a group of triangles made of wood. But what a powerful statement it makes. It will always be beautiful and it will never go out of style. Design trends come and go, but geometry is forever.