Hello fellow clackers! My name is Wilhelm, I am an austrian graphic designer and I fell into the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole some years ago. I was always searching for the perfect keycaps and while some of the sets are great nothing fitted my taste perfectly. So here we are, this is my approach.
Vektor combines some of my passions: sci-fi, cyberpunk and typography. The general idea is to reduce as much from the individual letters while still maintain a decent readability.
Update 190521:new board renders - enjoy!
Iris:
Rama 65a:
Update 190517:Thank you all for filling out the poll. Prefered profile is DSA so far, with SA closely behind. The colorway was a tie between hack and idoru, so I figured I give it a try to combine the two.
If you are interested, please add yourself to the google form via
https://forms.gle/JUyyxwthbVbv356PA - you can also still vote on the profile.
Old renders:
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From a production standpoint I am pretty much at the start - while I initially thought that reverse dyesubbed DSA will be my only possibility I am considering SA uniform R3 doubleshots. Needless to say that this would only work if the interest is high enough - it would mean that every letter needs a newly produced mold.
I will probably try to keep the set rather limited - the advantage of the abstract modifiers is that they can be used in different ways. My idea would be to produce a base set that covers a standard keyboards plus some extra caps for orthos and other aliens.
The design itself also will require some iterations, I want to make the set as cohesive as possible and there are still some minor aspect to smooth out.
Anyway, let me hear your thoughts - looking forward for your input!
Wilhelm
