All the rumors and wild speculation about Apple’s forthcoming products can sometimes get to be a little much, even for an admitted Apple fanboy like me. Once or twice per product cycle, though, someone comes along who can take all the buzz and do something really creative with it.

Artist Frederico Ciccarese is such a person. He recently released a series of iPhone 5 concept images. Clearly inspired by products like Apple’s Magic Mouse, the images suggest a return to the smooth, tapered form factor of the iPhone 3G and 3GS. While the iPhone in the images is almost certainly too thin to be feasible, it is nonetheless a very sleek and attractive design. In addition to the lead image above, there are three additional images, all but one showing a white iPhone. Check them out below.

What do you think? Would you buy an iPhone that looked like this? Sound off in the comments.