steampunk

Although I never seem to be able to accept any trend, subculture, etc. as it is, I must say I admire those inolved in the steampunk subculture, which, to quote the New York Times, “encapsulates the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines of the 19th century”. Some gifted people of this movement also redesign or adjust technological devices to incorporate touches of the real or imagined past. Above you can see one such invention; compared to ordinary, rather unaesthetic desktop computers, it looks brilliant. I must confess I also like the steampunk aesthetic in general, which creatively adapts the Victorian aesthetic principles to the present day. There are much worse and ugly subcultures than this, in my opinion.