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New Show To Highlight Steampunk In New York City

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Steampunk merges with modern style at The Architectural Design Magazine Home Show coming March 17-20 , 2011 in New York City. Art Donovan of Donovan Design will launch his first NYC show with a collection of "Steampunk Modern" illuminated designs and will also be signing his newest book, "The Art of Steampunk." Steampunk combines modern technology with a style sensibility taken from the Victorian era.

There's a Facebook page for the exhibit that shows a few designs and highlights and Donovan has promised that if it gets up to 2500 "likes" for this page everyone will be entered into a raffle to win one of his Steampunk lamp designs. The final log on date is midnight, March 12. There will be five runner up prizes of the original, Signed Steampunk posters from the Oxfords' University Museum exhibition. That exhibit was the world's first Steampunk Art Exhibition taking place at the Museum of the History of Science, the University of Oxford, UK.

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Sage Marine, Design-Centered Cabin Lights

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We've covered the work of New York lighting designer Art Donovan a few times before. Now Donovan is taking his work to the high seas, with a new line of yacht-ready lighting, Sage Marine. His company has been working with the Sag Harbor Yacht Yard and Ship's Chandlery to create hand crafted premium cabin lamps for boats and yachts. The lights are made of indestructible marine-grade materials including mahogany, stainless steel, and fiberglass, and have classic clean modern design. Both lamps are priced at $1450 each and are available directly through Sage Marine, subsidiary of Donovan Design, Southampton, NY.

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Art Donovan's La Luna Torchieres

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My favorite lighting and steampunk genius, Art Donovan recently contacted me to show off a new set of one-of-a-kind pieces. The piece above is the 'La Luna' Torchiere. It is made of cast bronze and with a hand-painted shade that looks like a big full moon. The posts of the lamps are solid bronze and cast acrylic. The lamp shade is painted on the sides in what he calls "Museum Blue" (textured, translucent tones of burnt umber and phthalo blue). Each of the two Rococo lamp bases are mirror images of each other with slight variations. They are signed and dated by Art Donovan.

Art says the pair of torchieres were inspired by the time he spent curating the world's first Steampunk Art Exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science, the University of Oxford, UK. Over the last couple of years he got bitten by the steampunk bug. Steampunk combines modern technology with a style sensibility taken from the Victorian era. These torchieres capture a bit of an Art Nouveau sensibility with a slightly spooky edge. I could easily picture them in a movie lighting the lab of some madly brilliant and misunderstood scientist. The pair of torchieres measure 33" tall x 13" wide and are $9500.

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Vox Pendant Lamp

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Check out the latest piece from Southampton-based lighting genius Art Donovan. The "VOX" Pendant Lamp is 30 inches in diameter. The exterior is matte bisque white while the interior is Armani gray splashed with a hand painted, textured silver design. The VOX can be specified in any size, configuration or combination of matched colors of colors. Its stark minimalism with a heart of glittering glam would be gorgeous in a contemporary home. The VOX sells for $4,800.

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