Here’s an ongoing series by designer Jung Soo Park of iconic artifacts, industrial design objects, and BB-8 for good measure, rendered as low-res pixel art; the current feed can be found on his Instagram profile.

Special Star Wars post! BB-8, from the new Star Wars: Episode VII – the Force Awakens, was named after how it's shaped. The design brief was simply to have something rolling on a sphere, which was J.J. Abrams' vision for the new droid. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ @jjabramsofficial @disney @starwars @gosphero #starwars #lucasfilms #theforceawakens #lightsaber #jjabrams #disney #bb8 #droid #sphero #props #industrialdesign #product #design #productdesign #furniture #furnituredesign #ID #idsketching #illustration #instart #픽셀 #픽셀아트 #그림 #스케치 #디자인 #산업디자인 #제품디자인 #스타워즈 #소품

A photo posted by industrial designer (@jung_soo_park) on Dec 19, 2015 at 8:13am PST

Sony Walkman TPS-L2, the compact cassette player which was first released in 1979, made personal portable music possible. Designed by Nobutoshi Kihara, the device was constructed with stamped aluminum sheets, as mass production with machining wasn't feasible at the time. Not just the Walkman itself, but Sony's super light headphones, MDR-3L2, also became a fashion and cultural icon, much like how Apple's white earbuds did decades later. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ @sony #sony #walkman #japanesedesign #portable #music #headphones #idhistory #industrialdesign #product #design #productdesign #furnituredesign #ID #idsketching #illustration #pixelart #drawing #sketch #apple #ipod #픽셀아트 #그림 #스케치 #디자인 #산업디자인 #제품디자인 #가구디자인 #소니 #워크맨 #아이팟

A photo posted by industrial designer (@jung_soo_park) on Dec 31, 2015 at 8:26am PST

The ET66 Braun calculator, designed by Dieter Rams in 1987, is an icon of modern design that reflects Rams' 10 Design Principles. It's a product with a simple interface, having its main focus on user's needs. The ET66 was used as an inspiration when Apple designed their own digital calculator app for the first iPhone. ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ @braun_beauty #ET66 #braun #calculator #DieterRams #Rams #calculator #modern #Apple #iPhone #designprinciples #idhistory #industrialdesign #product #design #productdesign #ID #idsketching #illustration #art #pixelart #drawing #sketch #그림 #스케치 #디자인 #산업디자인 #제품디자인 #가구디자인 #애플 #아이폰

A photo posted by industrial designer (@jung_soo_park) on Jan 8, 2016 at 4:52pm PST

For this project named Museum of Pixelated Industrial Design, Jung digitally paints each image pixel by pixel to create a fun and compelling composition. With little nuggets of information about the design he is referencing, the aim of the project is to promote learning about the history of industrial design to both designers and non-designers.

The Ball Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio in 1963, creates a room within a room. With the fiber-glass shell and the cushioned interior, the outside noise is effectively muffled when sitting inside. The Vitra Museum describes that the chair is "something between a piece of furniture and a piece of architecture and at the same time embodies both the mobile and the established, the fixed." • #Adelta #VitraMuseum #EeroAarnio #BallChair #fiberglass #ball #idhistory #industrialdesign #product #design #productdesign #furniture #furnituredesign #chair #ID #idsketching #illustration #pixel #art #drawing #sketch #픽셀 #그림 #스케치 #디자인 #산업디자인 #제품디자인 #가구디자인

A photo posted by industrial designer (@jung_soo_park) on Feb 23, 2016 at 8:13pm PST

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