AirPods and EarPods, wireless and wired headphones that the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), currently offers them for the iPhone, and not only that, they are inspired by the famous Star Wars franchise. This statement was made by Jony Ive, the man who created or supervised the creation of designs for every product launched by the Apple company in the last 17 years, many people being taken by surprise by it.
More precisely, the famous Stormtroopers were the source of inspiration for Jony Ive and the Apple designers when they created EarPods and later AirPods. You can see in the image below that there is some similarity between the products sold by the Apple company and the famous characters from Star Wars, and this is because inspiration can come from anywhere and anytime, even in the case of such famous designers.
The design created for EarPods and AirPods is recognized all over the world at a glance, and Jony Ive claims to have told director JJ Abrams about his revelation. The interesting part is that the Satr Wars director claims to have been inspired by Jony Ive when he created the lightsaber used by Kylo Ren in the latest Star Wars film, so each enjoyed the other's ideas to create great products.
AirPods and EarPods are easily recognizable anywhere in the world because they have a very simple and very elegant design, even if the second product was not promoted that actively. Apple has extremely experienced designers, but even the best of them can be inspired by completely mundane things.
