盘点蒸汽朋克拉风的实体装置编辑本段回目录
“蒸汽朋克”是推想性小说的一种类型，这类故事的发生背景通常设定为过去与未来相结合的城市：维多利亚时代的发明创造出现在一个黑暗的异世界里。但是蒸汽朋克已经由最初的类型文学演化成了一种令人称奇的都市艺术形式。各种超乎想象的现实发明、重改装和再设计都打上了蒸汽朋克的烙印。下面就是一个蒸汽朋克艺术品的介绍：从改装过的吉他到蒸汽朋克范儿的iPod，这里无奇不有无所不包。
In Steampunk literature, the living computers and flying cars of science fiction are typically replaced by hulking steam-powered machines and floating dirigibles. Moreover, the art of design in these future-past visions reflects the ultimate integration of form and function epitomized during the periods being referenced: where even gears and buttons on an archaic machine were beautifully crafted. Shown above are three amazing modifications of contemporary technologies to fit the aesthetic of the Steampunk era: the Villianizer, a re-engineered Stratocaster and a Vespa.
科幻小说里常常能见到有生命的电脑和满天飞的汽车，而在蒸汽朋克小说里，这些玩意儿都被蒸汽动力机械和漂浮的飞艇取代了。这些融汇古今的艺术设计更是体现了外观与功能的完美结合，在曾经的蒸汽时代，旧机器上的每一个齿轮和按钮都要打磨得非常漂亮才行。上面三张图片里展示的就是对现代技术重新改造，这些东西都被修饰得符合蒸汽朋克美学标准了：一把名为Villianizer的吉他、一把重设计的Stratocaster吉他，最后是一辆伟士伯踏板摩托车。
Like Goth, steampunk draws on elements of Victorian dress. Like Cyberpunk, there is an emphasis on the technology and culture of the material world as shown through and alternate present or future. Beyond those, however, there is a kind of celebration of the more elemental and tangible science and technology of periods prior to our present computer age. However, some of the most amazing Steampunk redesigns combine these two eras and involve modifications of computer monitors or even entire laptop computers.
蒸汽朋克和哥特风的相同点在于两者吸收了维多利亚时代的服饰元素。它和赛博朋克的相同点则在于两者都非常强调平行世界或是未来世界里的技术和文化。除此之外，蒸汽朋克自身的特点在于对蒸汽时代的致敬，那是电脑尚未诞生的时代，那个时代的科学技术比现在更基础、更实在。但是，在那些最令人惊异重设计作品中，却有一些将蒸汽时代和计算机时代结合了起来，例如蒸汽朋克风格的显示器，甚至整台笔记本电脑都是蒸汽朋克范儿的。
One of the most amazing feats of Steampunk art and engineering is the Steampunk Tree House, constructed for the Burning Man Arts Festival. This fully-functional interactive art pieces was one of the highlights of this year’s Burning Man Festival, lit up spectacularly at night and able to withstand strong daytime winds as shown in the above photographs.
蒸汽朋克树屋可是蒸汽朋克艺术界的惊人创举，这座树屋是为了火把艺术节建造的，它功能齐全、便于互动，成为今年火把节的一大亮点。如上图所示，树屋禁得起白天的强风，晚上点起灯来也非常壮观。
Steampunk ideas have also increasingly been retroactively applied to existing cult classics. Perhaps the most notable of these is Star Wars. Shown above is one of a series of Star Wars themed Steampunk renderings depicting, in this case, the Death Star reimagined for the Star Wars universe. Other artists have created tangible works such as a Star Wars Steampunk light saber made from old radio parts and evening a functioning R2D2 Steampunk robot. Some clever individuals even scripted and filmed a hilarious Star Trek parody set to a Steampunk theme and complete with archaic cinematography and a fitting musical score
有越来越多的蒸汽朋克创意被追加到已有的经典邪典电影中，最明显的就是《星球大战》。上面第一幅图就是一张星战主题的蒸汽朋克设计图，画的是星战世界里的“死星”。其他艺术家们还制作了一些实体装置，第二张图里展示的是一把用旧收音机零件制成的光剑，第三张图里是一台真的可以活动的机器人R2D2。
