Sean Orlando versus Nakamura

In the upcoming issue of Egophobia Sean Orlando responds to some of the issues raised by Mr. Randy Nakamura’s article about Steampunk in the Design Observer. It seems that this debate isn’t over yet. I believe that both of them have valid arguments even though are expressed with a lot of steam.
One of the objections I [...]

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“Man, this is priceless. The backlash has begun!”

So, here it comes. Randy Nakamura a designer from Los Angeles , writes an article in the Design Observer titled “Randy Nakamura: Steampunk’d, Or Humbug by Design” and incites  a lot of responses  from the Steampunk community
His first blow;
“Humbug is a term infrequently used in design. It is an archaism straight out of the 19th century, meaning [...]

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Steampunk and Past-Future-Imagism

Past-Future- Imagism?   Dumbfounded to hear the  word, Google plowed all the dictionaries and ended up giving Adrian Ionita the credit to coin it in a critical review recently published in Egophobia. Steampunk is viewed by many as a sub sub-genre condemned to be an extention of Cyberpunk. Not anymore. This article takes a bird’s eye view over the phenomenon [...]

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Craftwork and skill (BBC radio4)

audio interview on BBC radio4 with sociologist Richard Sennett
 
 
Richard Sennett
Laurie Taylor is joined by sociologist Richard Sennett, author of a new work entitled The Craftsman, and Grayson Perry Turner Prize winning artist and craftsman-potter. They discuss the meaning of ‘true’ skill, of craftsmanship – of the lifelong engagement with a particular skill or craft. Is [...]

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