steam punk 

http://www.momondo.co.uk/inspiration/nostalgia-for-the-future-steampunks/

What would the past have looked like if the future had happened sooner? A caveman on a bike perhaps; Vikings with wristwatches? No. According to steampunks, it would be a mashup of Victoriana, gas masks and steam-powered contraptions all put together with nuts and bolts. In the world of the steampunk, the past is stuck in the mid-19th century, and the future is today. Or yesterday, it depends on when you are reading this really.

Steampunk is a subculture that has emerged from a particular subgenre of science fiction literature. Add in a visual universe derived from horror and fantasy films of the 80s and you have a rough starting point for a look. In many ways, steampunk is a reaction to today’s streamlined design and modern consumer technology. In the steampunk aesthetic, form and function are closely aligned, and it is often very obvious what the strange devices of the steampunk universe are intended to do. Steampunk style is not dictated by a strict set of guidelines. By its very nature, it is a synthesis of modern and historical styles. Common elements for the ladies include gowns, corsets, petticoats and bustles, and for the gents, suits with waistcoats, long coats and top hats.  With the growth in popularity of steampunk fiction, steampunk as a physical lifestyle has also been more visible, with followers of the genre adopting styles lifted from fashion, decoration, music and film. The look could easily be called neo-Victorianism, an amalgam of Victorian aesthetics and modern technologies in a quest to find the best and most provocative anachronism.

http://www.aquarianonline.com/nostalgia-for-a-time-that-never-was/ 

Steampunk is definitely its own aesthetic, with its own distinctive standards of beauty and value. It is the marriage of Victorian-era focus on manners, beauty and form with technology, given a fantastical twist of functionality and craftsmanship. It seeks to reconcile the current industrial sensibility with optimism, romance and imagination, something notably lacking from post-modern design.