I believe that Steampunk is more than just brass and watchparts. It's finding a way to combine the past and the future in an aesthetic pleasing yet still punkish way. It's living a life that looks old-fashioned, yet speaks to the future. It's taking the detritus of our modern technological society and remaking it into useful things. Join me as I search for items for my house that combine the scientific romanticism of the Victorians with our real present and imagined future.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
The World of Yesterday's Tomorrows
Reader Beith Burton thought we might be interested in the designs of Retropolis and The Future That Never Was -- it's a bit 1950s pulp science fiction in feel, but some of the designs tickled my fancy.
The designs are available as the ubiquitous T-shirt, but some are also available in poster form. (When will these print-on-demand places start offering plates? I'm ready for a collection of independent steampunk design dessert plates...)
As their website says:
Gee, Whillikers!
It's... it's...
Awesometastic!
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you know, i have literally just yesterday discovered steampunk itself, i think the style and concept of it is quite fascinating, now almost immediately, im bludgeoned over the head with multitudes of hate-articles about how "steampunk is dead" i dont quite understand why it seems so fashionable to hate on. so i thought i was ask someone who knows more about it than i do - whats with the whole "steampunk is dead" movement?
try http://shop.webomator.com/RetroPrints.shtml
for art works rather than t shirts
These are great! And I'm with you on the dessert plates idea.
you should see here: http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Fixed-Heart-(Organ-series)/92320
I think you will like it.
Cool images. Steampunk is dead(?) long live Steampunk!
Brad is a terrific artist, isn't he?
I am on a couple of Print on Demand fora with Brad, and am continually amazed by his artistry. Not just in print -- his web pages are amazing as well.
--Liz
Thanks for finding that Science poster for me! It will be fabulous behind my collection of weird old lab glassware.
Lynn -- sent me a picture! I'd love to see your lab glass collection, especially if it's backed by a mad science poster...
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