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Everyone has seen Steampunk in literature, movies, gaming, fashion and design,
but maybe didn't know it has a name. It's ever evolving and sometimes difficult to
define, but for me, at its core, Steampunk = History + Art + Technology.
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HOW DID IT COME TO ROCK YOUR WORLD - AND BECOME YOUR DAY JOB?
2 "Punky," a mechanical Steampunk
whale built by Rosenbaum's firm
in collaboration with Salmon
Studios, presides over the lobby
and front reception desk of the
Nantucket Hotel + Resort.
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3 A concept drawing of
the hotel's Steampunk
mechanical whale.
I've always been inspired by history, architectural salvage, mechanical objects
and gadgets. I remember watching the 1960s pre-Steampunk TV series, "The
Wild Wild West," with my father-it was our favorite show. We loved its idea of
exploring the use of James Bond gadgetry during the Victorian period.
But before Steampunk was to become my life's work, I went down another
path for a few decades. I began by pursuing a career in business and marketing.
I graduated from UMass Amherst with a bachelor's degree in 1984 and then got
an MBA at Duke University in 1988. After that, I eventually started a successful
direct-marketing business, N2N Direct, in 1998.
It wasn't until my wife and I bought a 1901-era Victorian Craftsman home in
Sharon, Massachusetts, in 2000 that I rediscovered my love for design, restoration and repurposing. Melanie and I were bringing antiques and architectural
salvage into the house, but didn't want to turn our home into a museum where
the objects just sat there and looked pretty, but had no function. We got the
idea to take the existing technology, appliances and modern conveniences that
we already had in the house and integrate them into the "skin" or "housing" of
the period objects in a creative, seamless way. We had some friends come
through, and they told us we were Steampunking-and my first reaction was,
"Steam what-ing? That sounds weird and wonderful!" That's when our life
changed and we moved full steam ahead (pun intended).
My marketing brain went bimodal and in 2007, my wife and I started a home
restoration business, ModVic (Modern Victorian). We bought an incredible (but
C O U R T E S Y O F N A N T U C K E T H O T E L + R E S O R T ( F R O N T D E S K ) ; M I K E L I B B Y ( C O N C E P T D R AW I N G )
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Boutique Design - April 2016
Boutique Design - April 2016
Contents
From The Editor
In This Issue
The Buzz
Wall Power
Q+A: Steam Punk Dynamo
Hit Refresh
White Paper
Products: Bath + Spa
Products: Textiles
Exit Interview
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - Cover2
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - Contents
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - From The Editor
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - In This Issue
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - The Buzz
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - Hit Refresh
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - White Paper
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Boutique Design - April 2016 - Exit Interview
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