3 posts tagged “design”
Over on my other weblog, Fridays are dedicated to "links from others," which means I post all the stuff people have sent me over the week. Suddenly I'm getting an influx of fantastic links that are steampunk-related...so we start with the links from others! Many thanks to everyone - I appreciate it tremendously.
From Danny: the work of Art Donovan (who, serendipitously, left a message here last week) and some gorgeous imagery from Sergey Skachkov. Danny reports that he found these through playing PMOG, which we've talked about here before, but haven't investigated first-hand....yet!
From Jase: behold, here is a beautiful rolling library ladder from 1890, a mere snip at $35,000. (I can't even imagine.) More information is on the item's (PDF) page.
For slightly less expensive steampunky works of art, the crafter known as burrowburrow has some fantastic creatures for sale - the ram and the antelope are especially great, and now there's a jellyfish as well!
Still in the concept stage: a lovely pocketwatch/personal assistant thingamabob. I admit, I'd get one.
I almost never wish I was a kid again (I liked life a lot better as I got older!), but it would almost be worth going back in time to high school if it meant I could participate in the Shared Worlds program at Wofford College this summer. On the faculty is Jeff VanderMeer, who was last mentioned on here as he was busily autographing steampunk anthologies and drawing blimps.
Speaking of time, the neo-victorians are fascinated with it. If you, too, wish you had a time machine, you can dive into this article from Scientific American about the nature of time, and the possibility of it acting differently in other universes.
Weta makes amazing rayguns, among other amazing things, and now you can actually visit them in their natural habitat at Weta Cave in New Zealand.
And finally...steampunk goths have officially arrived. What more to say?
Thanks to our (much appreciated!) UK correspondent Julie, we have additional Telectroscope information! There are tiny "minumentals" available for purchase, as well as souvenir boxes. Also, there's a weblog documenting the experience!
If you've got the sort of money to spend on minumentals, you might very well be interested in Datamancer's auction for his amazing monitor.
If you're trying to answer the question "so what's this steampunk stuff all about, anyway?" from various people, you can direct them to this 25-page illustrated article on the idea! It may not answer their questions, but at least it'll keep them busy for a while.
For those of us who love Mateusz Skutnik's Flash games, it's an exciting time, for Daymare Town 2 is out and available to play! This one even has hot air balloons!
Today is a little overwhelming, so I am providing you with pointers to ridiculously detailed websites. You can spend hours on just one!
The Brass Instruments page at the University of Toronto shows all sorts of measuring devices and things that go ping. The introduction also has a detailed bibliography.
I first tripped over Because We Can due to their steampunk office design, but then I saw their spooky table and chairs and their futuristic deco lobby design and now I'm fascinated with everything they do.
The Royal De Luxe brought you the amazing mechanical elephant in 2006, and there's a Flickr pool full of photos of their breathtaking work.
There's a long article about steampunk in Bizarre Magazine, with illustrations and all.
And lastly, if you're in southern California, try to make it out to see the stage adaptation of H.G. Wells's The Time Machine!
