Blueprint vs Steampunk

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Blueprint comes from Technical Expression and Steampunk from Visions of the Future. Both are read here as style. They are reached for with some of the same intent, which is where they get confused.

Blueprint

Blueprint — 青写真による銃弾の設計図 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainBlueprint — University Bridge の青写真 1915, シアトル — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Blueprint — ブザンソン大聖堂の平面図 1882, フランス国立文書館 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Instead of a finished object it shows the lines of the thinking behind it, communicating structure and possibility.

Steampunk

Steampunk — 『Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition』1854 の機械展示図版 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domainSteampunk — 1851年ロンドン万国博覧会に出品された揺動機関 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0Steampunk — Scheidler Machine Works の機械 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Extends steam-age materials and machinery into a tangible alternate history.

BlueprintSteampunk
EraindustrialVictorian retrofuture
FamilyTechnical ExpressionVisions of the Future
KindStyleStyle
CuesWhite lines on blue / Dimensions / Sections / Handwritten notesBrass / Gears / Leather / Gauges
Best used forVisualizing concepts, design and process · Structural credibility for products and architectureThe romance of invention for stories and games · Centering the feel of machinery
TypeMonospace plus drafting-style handwritingVictorian serifs plus technical monospace
CompositionOrthographic views, sections, dimension lines tied to real informationLayer machine drawings, labels, frames
MaterialDeep blue, white lines, fine paper grainBrass, dark brown, soot, old paper
CautionNo fake drawings as decoration. Bind everything to actual structure and thought.Don't just paste gears on. Keep the world's technology and society coherent.

Put these two together

Technical Expression ／ Visions of the Future

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