tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29863362.post2905435751143368302..comments2013-08-09T05:41:04.752-07:00Comments on Kirby Dots and Ditko Ribbons: Steaming Up Some PunksYour Obedient Serpenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07133256640355844314noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29863362.post-63675422475718101272011-01-09T07:53:01.092-08:002011-01-09T07:53:01.092-08:00I have hopes for Steampunk as a design aesthetic, ...I have hopes for Steampunk as a design aesthetic, if only as an alternative to the smooth Bauhaus/modernist/cheap plastic molding cranked out by manufacturers. (Yes, I'm an Art Nouveau fan.) <br />I'm guessing a lot of designers-of-a-certain-age were affected by Nemo's submarine in films of <i>Mysterious Island</i> and <i>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</i>. The first time I consciously noticed the style was in David Lynch's <i>Dune</i>, when both my date and I were excited by the interior of the Emperor's ship: if you had the wealth of an intergalactic emperor, your surroundings would be made of wood, brass, leather and handcrafting instead of "futuristic" metal and plastic.Michael Fountain: Blood for Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636180492565972504noreply@blogger.com