Surname: Strongman
Initial: J
Year: 2011
Title: Steam Punk: Victorian Futurism
Publisher: Korero Books
Popular or Academic: Popular, although there is referencing to original literature and design concepts.
Fantastic book illustrating the history, concepts and designs of the Steam Punk sub-culture. Most notable are the works of Mikhail Smolyanov's The Black Widow. Frank Buchwald's No. 09 and Eric Freitas's Mechanical No. 5.
Also the digital artworks of Patrick Reilly (Steampunk, The Deep, Into the Depths) and James Ng (Court Band, Key Keeper and Immortal Empress).
Excellent examples of new and original ideas and solutions to design problems. Working within the confines of design constraints such as Victorian era engineering, style and fashion as well as a blending of both historical events and the fiction of the period.
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