Copying from history is a choice, that's what a designer does. There were many phones before the iPhone. There were computers before the Mac. There were wheels

Copying from history is a choice, that's what a designer does. There were many phones before the iPhone. There were computers before the Mac. There were wheels before Firestone. Knowing what to choose and have it work as a design in a skill most people do not have. As Steve Jobs said "Good artists copy; great artists steal" which I believe is also a copy.