If steampunk space aliens were to pay me a visit, it would be important to have the right accoutrements with which to amuse them. Using a bit of wit and wile, I think I could come up with an appropriate mosh of techno delights to please.
Rivet state-of-the-art gadgetry to old-fashioned mechanical construction and you have the basics behind steampunk. It’s a steam-engine-era punk-rocker blend of creativity and design to construct an altered sense of time and space in which pierced rockers and lace-collared inhabitants would find much in common.
The concept grew out of a year-long comic book series by artist Chris Bachalo and writer Joe Kelly titled, of all things, 'Steampunk.' Though the series was canceled due to lack of interest, the aesthetic lives on.
I can really get into this stuff. It’s like a puzzle in need of solving: How to best express the punk and the steam eras as a seamless overlay applied to common objects to be used by, in this case, space aliens.
Steampunk is great fun, but I don’t have to start from scratch to please my imagined space touring friends; I can cruise the Trend Hunter Files for challenges, gifts and gadgets that I think space alien visitors would love.
What do you think? Post so I’ll know!
19 Space Alien Steampunked Creations
From Funky Junk Transformations to Retro-Techno Novelties:
Katie Cordrey — Jan 24, 2009 — Art & Design
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Steampunk Watches
Sub-Genre of Fanboys Strong
18
Steampunk Star Wars
Illustrations From Bjorn Hurri
17
Steampunk Jewelry
EDM Designs
16
Comic Book Watches
Haruo Suekichi Steampunked Timepieces
15
Mechanical Steampunked Sculptures
Fantastic Contraptions by Stephane Halleux
14
Victorian Computer
Steampunk Mac by Dave Veloz
13
$1200 Keyboards
Datamancer 'Aviator' for Spendthrift Steampunk Fans
12
Steampunked Gadgets
Mouse Looks Like Furnace
11
Steampunk Gothic Desktops
The Archbishop by Datamancer
10
Vulcania Steampunk Watch by Fabrice Gonet
9
Steampunk Luxe Timepieces
$400,000 Cabestan Winch Tourbillion Watch
8
Steampunk Watch for the Well Off
$600,000 WX-1 Timekeeper
7
Steampunk Keyboards
Datamancer's Brass Masterpiece
6
Steampunk Invention Challenges
Dvice Invites You to Retrofit Battlestar Galactica Villains
5
Steampunked USBs
From Russia Handmade with Love
4
Steampunked Star Wars
SillOf's Workshop
3
Punch-Card Cell Phones
Steampunked Mobile by Arthur Schmitt
2
Backwards Engineering
Steampunked Tank Runs on Steam
1
Nouveau-Retro Speakers
Crystal Bling Meets Steampunked Sensibility
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