Instead of re-contextualizing modern technology in a Victorian context, Reverse Steampunk re-contextualizes Victorian technology in a modern context.
Imagine the possibilities:
- A typewriter designed to look like a computer
- A cellphone that actually only does morse code
- A horse drawn carriage disguised as a car
- An iPod that functions as a music box
- An iPad frame holding a notebook
- A ballpoint pen that has to be dipped in an ink well

Quick... it looks like http://www.plasticsafetyglasses.org/ is still available. Strike now!
ReplyDeleteUnderneath this plastic coating, these goggles are brass!
ReplyDeletehorse drawn carriage designed as a car... far less fabulous in afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteiPad frame holding a notebook... excellent!