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Bruce Rosenbaum (born February 4, 1962, in Boston, MA), is an American artist and designer. He is known for his work in Steampunk design, both in his home, The Steampunk House, and for what is produced by his company, ModVic. He has been called the steampunk guru by the Wall Street Journal [1] and a steampunk evangelist by Wired Magazine. [2]
Rosenbaum grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, [1] and attended Marblehead High School, before earning his bachelor's degree in Business at UMASS Amherst. After graduating UMASS, Rosenbaum worked as a Department Manager for Lord and Taylor in Stamford, Connecticut where he met his wife Melanie. Later, Rosenbaum attended Duke University and received his MBA. After graduating Duke University, he worked for Sara Lee Direct in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and then worked for other direct marketing agencies.[ citation needed] Rosenbaum, along with his wife, Melanie, started a direct-mail marketing business, N2N Direct, in the 1990s. [1] [3]
Rosenbaum and his wife started ModVic (short for Modern Victorian), a Victorian-home restoration company, in 2007. [1] Combining original Victorian design with modern functionality, the couple completed one major project before the economy's downturn. They then refocused the business on integrating new technologies and appliances into restored period objects.
Along with producing commissioned pieces for clients, Rosenbaum incorporates his design perspective into his family home in Sharon, Massachusetts, popularly known as the "Steampunk House". Their home is also noted as the only functional steampunk art home in the world and has been featured on MTV's Extreme Cribs. [4]
Rosenbaum's projects include a personal computer workstation housed in a Victorian pump organ, [5] a 6-foot mechanical whale for a hotel in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a late 1800s bandsaw repurposed as a conference table and workstation. [1]
Rosenbaum is also the Chairman of The Sharon Historic Commission, Sharon, MA, and a Trustee of the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Additionally, along with Dr. Ashleigh Hillier, an associate Psychology Professor at UMASS Lowell, Rosenbaum has created a 9-week program called Steampunkinetics: Building Art into Science for kids on the autism spectrum. [6] The program uses 'Janusian Thinking' [7] and other creative problem-solving techniques to turn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) into STEAM (adding art) into STEAMPUNK (adding history). [8]
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Bruce Rosenbaum (born February 4, 1962, in Boston, MA), is an American artist and designer. He is known for his work in Steampunk design, both in his home, The Steampunk House, and for what is produced by his company, ModVic. He has been called the steampunk guru by the Wall Street Journal [1] and a steampunk evangelist by Wired Magazine. [2]
Rosenbaum grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts, [1] and attended Marblehead High School, before earning his bachelor's degree in Business at UMASS Amherst. After graduating UMASS, Rosenbaum worked as a Department Manager for Lord and Taylor in Stamford, Connecticut where he met his wife Melanie. Later, Rosenbaum attended Duke University and received his MBA. After graduating Duke University, he worked for Sara Lee Direct in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and then worked for other direct marketing agencies.[ citation needed] Rosenbaum, along with his wife, Melanie, started a direct-mail marketing business, N2N Direct, in the 1990s. [1] [3]
Rosenbaum and his wife started ModVic (short for Modern Victorian), a Victorian-home restoration company, in 2007. [1] Combining original Victorian design with modern functionality, the couple completed one major project before the economy's downturn. They then refocused the business on integrating new technologies and appliances into restored period objects.
Along with producing commissioned pieces for clients, Rosenbaum incorporates his design perspective into his family home in Sharon, Massachusetts, popularly known as the "Steampunk House". Their home is also noted as the only functional steampunk art home in the world and has been featured on MTV's Extreme Cribs. [4]
Rosenbaum's projects include a personal computer workstation housed in a Victorian pump organ, [5] a 6-foot mechanical whale for a hotel in Nantucket, Massachusetts, and a late 1800s bandsaw repurposed as a conference table and workstation. [1]
Rosenbaum is also the Chairman of The Sharon Historic Commission, Sharon, MA, and a Trustee of the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Additionally, along with Dr. Ashleigh Hillier, an associate Psychology Professor at UMASS Lowell, Rosenbaum has created a 9-week program called Steampunkinetics: Building Art into Science for kids on the autism spectrum. [6] The program uses 'Janusian Thinking' [7] and other creative problem-solving techniques to turn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) into STEAM (adding art) into STEAMPUNK (adding history). [8]