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Title: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats | GB live now!!
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:30:09
M I N I M A L S
SERIES DESKMATS
by Captus Keycaps



(https://i.imgur.com/pMygiQS.jpg)

GB LIVE HERE! (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113066.0)


Hello there!
We wanted to share a few concepts before our Brutalist keyset project launches in GB and also celebrate our upcoming vendorship status for the US region, but first let's face it, these are not exactly "minimalistic" as the misleading title suggest, however, they do share a sleek and austere aesthetic and monocolored or essential palette. We hope you guys will find these mats interesting and worthwhile!

IC FORM: https://forms.gle/cvv44scQjVJN2Mv79


Tether

(https://i.imgur.com/DwzoMct.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/1ZAtMsQ.jpg)
Colorway: Original

(https://i.imgur.com/l7OS9eK.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZwqRStq.jpg)
Colorway: Alternative
Specifications:
900 x 400 x 4mm
Cloth surface
Stitched color-matched edges
Rubber bottom
Machine/Hand washable

Gridwave

(https://i.imgur.com/hmRCuIq.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nKBNeS2.jpg)
Colorway: Black

(https://i.imgur.com/majv77O.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ixIkQiL.jpg)
Colorway: White
Specifications:
900 x 400 x 4mm
Cloth surface
Stitched contrasting edges
Rubber bottom
Machine/Hand washable

Reactor

(https://i.imgur.com/STHXvRC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qH0ymHq.jpg)
Colorway: Alert

(https://i.imgur.com/48m5fST.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/L4Ucjc0.jpg)
Colorway: Black
Specifications:
900 x 400 x 4mm
Cloth surface
Stitched contrasting edges
Rubber bottom
Machine/Hand washable


VENDORS

US: Captus Keycaps (https://www.captus.io/)
CA: Deskhero (https://www.deskhero.ca/)
AS: zFrontier (https://en.zfrontier.com/)
EU: CandyKeys (https://candykeys.com/)
OCE: Daily Clack (https://dailyclack.com/)



GB Date

29 May–28 June


PRICING

US: $23
CA: CA$26



Changelog:
5/29 - GB just went live!
5/27 - GB date announced
5/25 - Vendors announced
5/23 - Updated Tether

(https://i.imgur.com/LG77d5a.png) (http://discord.captus.io)

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Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:30:29
Reserved.

May 17 : IC Form updated, google forms didn't like the wording or someone thought it was funny to report the form so we had to make a new one! Edit: IC Form gets banned everytime we make a new one for some reason. We appealed to google but the situation is kind of frustrating because we have no idea whats causing this issue. If anyone has an idea please contact us via our discord or write a comment on the thread! Thank you for the patience.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: UGunaLOSE on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:31:20
quite nice :)
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:32:19
Quote from: UGunaLOSE on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:31:20
quite nice :)

Thank you!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: _PixelNinja on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:34:41
Pretty nice! Any chance of you offering Tether with a lighter background color/a background color different than black?
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: dimo on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:37:54
last one is beautiful
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:41:47
Quote from: _PixelNinja on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:34:41
Pretty nice! Any chance of you offering Tether with a lighter background color/a background color different than black?

Great idea! Will gladly try that out and possibly update within a few days!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: _PixelNinja on Mon, 17 May 2021, 08:47:50
Quote from: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:41:47
Great idea! Will gladly try that out and possibly update within a few days!

Thanks!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Bub on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:02:06
i like!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Indigu on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:35:36
These look really great! Especially the black gridwave one.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: MIGHTY CHICKEN on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:50:25
GLWIC
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 10:45:43
Quote from: Bub on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:02:06
i like!

Quote from: MIGHTY CHICKEN on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:50:25
GLWIC

Quote from: dimo on Mon, 17 May 2021, 07:37:54
last one is beautiful

Quote from: Indigu on Mon, 17 May 2021, 09:35:36
These look really great! Especially the black gridwave one.


Thank you everyone!   :-*
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: ddnomad on Mon, 17 May 2021, 13:25:49
Gridwave looks noice


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Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: ddnomad on Mon, 17 May 2021, 13:26:29
EU vendors please?

That last one (in black) is very nice
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: NovaRMK on Mon, 17 May 2021, 13:43:29
These are so f*cking hot
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Friendship on Mon, 17 May 2021, 14:14:53
Really liking all of these, Gridwave most at the moment. With tether, I really enjoy the design but it feels like there is a lot of dead space between the mat edge and the design. Maybe it could be remedied with different color backgrounds as another commenter said but just wanted to point it out :)
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: _PixelNinja on Mon, 17 May 2021, 14:57:27
Another potential solution could be to enlarge the design so that connecting lines come closer to the edge, creating somewhat of a frame around a center placed keyboard on the mat. Just a quick thought that came to mind though, I have not intention on walking on the designers toes and the design is very nice as is IMO.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Mon, 17 May 2021, 15:05:51
Quote from: Friendship on Mon, 17 May 2021, 14:14:53
Really liking all of these, Gridwave most at the moment. With tether, I really enjoy the design but it feels like there is a lot of dead space between the mat edge and the design. Maybe it could be remedied with different color backgrounds as another commenter said but just wanted to point it out :)

Quote from: _PixelNinja on Mon, 17 May 2021, 14:57:27
Another potential solution could be to enlarge the design so that connecting lines come closer to the edge, creating somewhat of a frame around a center placed keyboard on the mat. Just a quick thought that came to mind though, I have not intention on walking on the designers toes and the design is very nice as is IMO.

Really appreciate the great insight and the feedback! Will potentially try out the enlarged frame version and also add a light color variant as soon as possible! Thank you!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: treeleaf64 on Mon, 17 May 2021, 15:42:09
D E S K M A T    I C
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Tue, 18 May 2021, 08:43:48
Update: Google Forms should be live now. Although, if it's banned again, we're switching to another provider.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: notquant on Tue, 18 May 2021, 08:50:05
Love these grid patterns!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Volny on Tue, 18 May 2021, 18:50:34
Fun designs. All of them look quite nice.

This bothers me though. It looks sloppy; you should relax the radius of the outer accent line so that they match:

Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Bobatype on Wed, 19 May 2021, 04:14:54
Nice deskmat designs! Like others, I really dig the gridwave design  :thumb:
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: Clay333 on Wed, 19 May 2021, 06:16:34
Gridwave looks amazing, but the edges really throw off the look. Stretch the image to complete eliminate the dead space. I would personally prefer if the image basically just ran all the way out past the edges so that there is no dead space at all.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Sun, 23 May 2021, 11:38:30
Thank you for the feedback! We have changed the design of Tether, so that the corner is not annoying.
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: NovaRMK on Sun, 23 May 2021, 11:48:44
Quote from: CaptusKeys on Sun, 23 May 2021, 11:38:30
Thank you for the feedback! We have changed the design of Tether, so that the corner is not annoying.

Not sure if you noticed, but it's on the inside corner as well, might want to fix that  :thumb:

(https://i.imgur.com/BAR6tY2.png)
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats | Tether corner fixed
Post by: CaptusKeys on Tue, 25 May 2021, 09:25:19
Thank you for all the feedback!

Changelog:
5/25 - Vendors announced
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats | Vendors announced
Post by: CaptusKeys on Thu, 27 May 2021, 11:28:27
Thank you guys, for all the feedback!

Changelog:
5/27 - GB date announced
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats
Post by: CaptusKeys on Thu, 27 May 2021, 11:29:32
Quote from: NovaRMK on Sun, 23 May 2021, 11:48:44
Quote from: CaptusKeys on Sun, 23 May 2021, 11:38:30
Thank you for the feedback! We have changed the design of Tether, so that the corner is not annoying.

Not sure if you noticed, but it's on the inside corner as well, might want to fix that  :thumb:

Show Image
(https://i.imgur.com/BAR6tY2.png)


Thank you! We looked at this and decided to keep it this way, because it sort of mirrors the other side, but thank you for the feedback!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats | GB date announced
Post by: CaptusKeys on Sat, 29 May 2021, 15:41:18
Thank you for all the help during this IC!

Changelog:
5/29 - GB just went live!
Title: Re: [IC] M I N I M A L S Deskmats | GB live now!!
Post by: jakk on Sun, 30 May 2021, 16:16:41
I need that gridwave mousepad right now, take my money.