Posted by Scott Clark @ 6:03 pm
Steampunk Websites, Artists, Goggles and Gifts
Filed under: Geeked Out, Hardware, Oddities
Jan
12
2007
12
2007
Scott Clark - Time Traveller
Steampunk - Science Fiction where characters (often scientists) fight against an oppressive establishment often using ultra-modern technologies presented in Victorian-era form factors.
Okay, I admit it. I’m a steampunk fan. Not as much the literature, but the imaginative machines and bizarre mixes of digital and non-digital elements, craftsmanship, and tactile sensibility of the artists.
I first got a sense of Steampunk type hardware ideas while watching Brazil, Edward Scissorhands, Wallace and Grommit, and Harry Potter. Someday I will own a nixie clock. I have a wood en box in my garage full of antique tools. So I thought it would be a good idea to list a set of great steampunk-like sites that give a well-rounded overview of the phenomenon, along with a few words about each. If you have one to add to this list, post in the comments with a link. I’ll look-see and possibly add it to the main post as well. Steampunk Labs, Artists, History
- Brass Goggles
- Steampunk Magazine - the journal of misapplied technology
- The Steampunk Workshop - awesome stuff and nicely done photos
- Datamancer - home of the home of the The Nagy Magical-Movable-Type Pixello-Dynamotronic Computational Engine (also featured on Wall-Street Journal Video)
Steampunkopidia- Dr Grordort’s Rayguns - this site is amazing. Check the custom cases.
Stephen Berkman - Love the photography style … reminds me of Nine Inch Nails artwork. Perhaps NIN copied HIM!- The Retrocomputing Museum
Vladimir Gvozdev’s terrific artwork - sites’ a little hard to navigate.- Da Vinci Automata - clockpunk
- Stephane Halleux - do not miss this gallery (example to right)
- Steampunk Fashion
- Steam Brass and Fzz - Check the lamps
- Steampunk Jewelry
- Christopher Locke’s Heartless Machine - Check out the Scissor Spider
- A Better World -Gaming console and ipod imagined in Steampunk Style
- Alex CF Artwork - Many Dead Thinks - brilliant research cases.
- Eccentric Genius - Antiques from a Parallel Universe.
- Spookypop - Wow, a lot of talent in one place (note, you must click on the vines on the left to navigate the site.)
- Animals from Junk - Steampunky
- Steampunk Labs
- Insect Lab
- Steampunk Jewelry and Goggles at EDM
- Art Donovan / Steampunk Design
- Suekichi Steampunk Watches
- Absolutely gorgeous Titanium steampunk goggles.
- Steampunk Cellphone design by Arthur Schmitt
(note, site uses flash :-( so I can’t bookmark the phone itself, but click on the graphic at the bottom)
teampunk Devices
- Gramophone Ipod
- Steampunk iPod
- Steampunk Lamps
- Steam-Powered Computer
- The Electriclerk
- Automatic Tea Machine
- Steampunk Watches
- More Steampunk Watches (you can buy)
- Cool Steampunk Clocks
- Steampunk Tree House
- Steampunk Lightsabre
- The Vulciana Watch - I want one!
- Photos of cool devices on Flickr
- Steampunk iPhone - this thing is the coolest
- VictorioNixie Tube - Awesome Mod of a toy (also on video.)
- A couple of awesome clocks and some amazing Russian stuff.
- Steam-Powered Robot
- Steampunk LCD Monitor (with a few “how-to” photos)
- Pierre Matter Sculpture
- Steampunk R/C Centipede
- Big Steampunk Animals - wow, check out the crashed spaceship
Interactive Steampunk & Multimedia
- A Modern Compendium of Minateur Autometa
- Crazy Machines (my kids love it)
- Nine inch Nails Closer Video (mature / language / NSFW)
- Steampunk Rayguns (G Rated)
- The Golden Compass Movie Trailer
Articles / Blog Posts
- SlashBoing - Steampunk Eye
- Wired - Steampunk Design
- Gizmodo - Steampunk Laptop
- Gizmodo - Steampunk Keyboard
- Cre.ations.net - Jar of Fireflies
- Thoughts on the popularity of Steampunk
- Steampunk Supplies/Salvage from Sequential Glass
- Klockwerks - amazing clocks
- Steampunk Watches
- The J Peterman Company Iron Gothic Clock
- Steampunk Gift Guide - Make Magazine
- Skerror’s bunch of great dark, gothic-modern designs.
- The Golden Compass , the Cryptex and the Spy Insect
- Steampunk iPod Skin (I tried to order this but javascript errors prevented it bah!)
- Retro-Futuristic Design
Misc Fun Steampunk-like Sites & Resources for Steampunkers
- Wallace and Gromit Cracking Contraption
- Make Magazine “My God, It’s Full of Wires”
Gears image by mehrit used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License
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20
2007
Many thanks for recognizing me wee little rPhone contraption in your list mate! She’ll be making another appearance in Episode 4 of the PiratePalooza Adventure Series and I anticipate having her on T-shirts for this year’s PiratePalooza (September 15th)!
23
2007
[...] Steampunk linkbox (31 link, a legjobb ismerkedés a steampunk iránt érdeklődőknek, nyilván van jobb is, de a “legjobb.. iránt érdeklődőknek”-re sokan szoktak kattintani, úgyhogy) [...]
7
2007
Thanks for the great collection of links. I wanted to give you a heads up about the “Steampunk-sih watch” link from uncommon goods. In the watch world that type of watch is referred to as a skeleton watch.
Here is a really cool example of one that I have my eye on. Suprisingly it is from WalMart!
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6562454
7
2007
jeREMy thanks for the headsup. I took it off the list. Trying to purify.
12
2007
I have a “Future Oddities Emporium” with some steampunk connections: http://www.cafepress.com/skerror
11
2008
What a great collection! Glad I stumbled across it!