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23 Jan 2013
IBM’S STEAMPUNK INFOGRAPHIC: CHARTING THE TREND
With Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century books whiring into the wild, steampunk is very in vogue in the Tor offices. And increasingly everywhere else, if this cunning infographic is any guide. Using their ‘Social Sentiment Index’, IBM have charted the progress of steampunk from 1800s to the present day via books, films and fashion – also throwing social media measurements into the mix. It’s an interesting take on a trend that shows every sign of further infiltrating the mainsteam. And there’s a really fascinating article here on how the new science of social media trend spotting has been applied to steampunk in this case.
Here’s a portion of that infographic below, and click here or on the image to view the full picture:
To find out more about the steampunk world of Cherie Priest and her books, further blog posts are here.
TOR’S TOP TIPS: OUR AUTHORS ON WRITING PERTAINING TO CHERIE PRIEST’S CLOCKWORK CENTURY: SOME ANSWERS
Comments on “IBM’S STEAMPUNK INFOGRAPHIC: CHARTING THE TREND”
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I’m a little concerned about steamunk fashion hitting the high street, mainly because I fear it’ll lose that hand crafted, artisan quality to it that makes steampunk items all the more special. A mass produced, off the hanger version of the same thing isn’t going to be as good as the real deal. Still, it’s awesome to see steampunk gaining popularity :)
Jamie
“Mainstream” would take the ‘punk’ out and render it just ‘Steam’, which would be extremely not cool.