After a year of development we're on the home stretch now, Group Buy is live! A big thank you to everyone who gave their feedback and support throughout the project- it doesn't happen without you all. Group Buy thread should be coming up later today! |
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Mies van der Rohe was commissioned by the German Government in 1928 to design and construct the German National Pavilion (more commonly known as the Barcelona Pavilion) for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition. Collaborating with Lilly Reich, the pavilion was designed and built in a remarkably short amount of time- 18 months from design to unveiling. Completed in 1929, the building quickly became a Modernist classic, embodying the progressive, sleek and forward thinking ethos behind the movement. The original pavilion stood only for a short time, and was demolished in 1930 at the end of the exposition. In its short time standing, the pavilion gained an almost mystical aura, becoming one of the most influential modernist buildings to have ever been built; while hardly being seen by anyone. The pavilion was reconstructed during 1984-1986 by local Spanish architects and the Barcelona City Council on its original site, as a permanant structure. Rebuilt according to the original drawings and photographs, the Barcelona Pavilion in its current incarnation continues to be a remarkable piece of architecture that delights visitors today, and is a testament to Mies's skill as an architect and designer. |
The overall set colors and arrangment were inspired by the four types of marble used thoughout the pavilion's construction: Roman Travertine, Green Alpine, Ancient Green Greek and Golden Onyx. To simplify the number of colors (and cost), I opted to reduce the total number down to 3, with the green representing both the Green Alpine and Ancient Green Greek Marble. The novelties were based on significant features and moments in the current pavilion in addition to archived documents and drawings. As such, the novelties feature drawing sections and details, Georg Kolbe's sculpture Dawn, marble patterns and the like. In keeping with the Modernist basis, the choice was made to use icon modifiers, but I wanted to put a bit more fun in the set with some more elaborate novelty art. |
The novelties are based on significant details and moments in the Barcelona Pavilion. As numbered, the novelties are: 1. Cigar (Mies was a known chain smoker), 2. Marble Pattern, 3. Building Elevation, 4. Column detail, 5. Pavilion chair, 6. Feature wall, 7. Window joint detail, 8. Dawn by Georg Kolbe. The accent arrows have also been moved from the basekit to the novelties for the time being to reduce basekit costs. |
Inlay. Design by Summerqm |
Line. Design by Summerqm |
Pavilion. Design by Ulliam |
Marble. |
A huge thanks to everyone who kindly gave the time, encouragement and feedback. This set couldn't happen without you. | ||
Special thanks to iinko, aad, Rayhhdailo, Guill3m, Ireris, Kure, Loop and Lewis for going above and beyond in giving encouragement, feedback and keeping me on the right track for the set. | ||
Many thanks to NoPunIn10Did and Acitrin for the kitting help. | ||
Thanks to Kiko, Obzkure, Reticent, Owlabs, Lewis, Blindassassin111 and YoBoards for graciously providing their boards for renders. | ||
Thanks to ImperfectLink for his incredible work developing and supporting Keyboard Render Kit. | ||
Last but not least, everyone who contributed feedback, kept me motivated and gave encouragement for the set, thank you. There's too many of you to list but I deeply appreciate your help on this journey. |
[url=https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=111828.0][img width=240 height=90]https://i.imgur.com/2ZA2Z8d.png[/img][/url]Inverse kaiju 👍🏿
I think it's quite nice!
i really like the colors you chose, they fit the theme really well, and really work together imo.
Was a nice intro read lol
I do think the novelties can be more cohesive with less thin lines.
I also think the renders can be touched up a bit with better lighting, though your SP111 renders were great
GLWIC :thumb:
very unique inspiration, you've clearly put effort into this! i like it, GLWIC :thumb:
Inverse kaiju 👍🏿
I was thinking the same thing and although the colour combo works in principle I'm not sure the dark alphas and light mods play well with each other.
PS this IC is near impossible to read on Tapatalk on mobile because of the text color. I think anyone using a day mode theme would have the same issue
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The new colors for this are much more palatable and suit the theme much better. Great job, glad you took the feedback from the community!
Love the full white on green combo! Any chance to get a full kit without having to buy the green mods apart?
I think I would prefer the green as the mods and white as alphas, but obviously thats just my preference. The colors are really nice tho
Awesome! instacop.
ooo I really like the colourway! Kinda reminds me of a Minecraft salmon
I'm happy that you updated the set, but novelties look somehow big
Personally, I feel like accent arrows being in any other kit would be a better spot for it as I personally have no attachment to the content of the novelties and will pass on them as I feel most others would as well if accent arrows were not in there(no offense, very clean designs but again the subject matter is not enough to get me to spend 50+ on it). Slapping accent arrows onto novelties feels like a trick to get people to buy the kit.
Adding them to novelties is a pretty odd decision.
Would recommend adding them to spacebar kit à la GMK Stargaze or GMK Norse(among others) as that people actually buy and will help keep the base kit price down.
The caps on the grey HAUS is definitely one of my favorite looks for the set so far, alongside the cream Mountain Alice. By the way, any chance for a deskmat like the Barcelona Pavilion blueprint in the HAUS render? That'd be an easy cop for me
I think you can remove the 2 R4 1.25u of Pavilion chair since 1 pair of 1.5u is enough, also please consider using the design of numpad enter novelty for iso enter, I think the number of people who actually use numpad enter novelty is significant smaller than iso enter users.
I like the theme here, but think the set would look more classy with Icon+Text mods.
Yeah I think i need to be in on this one, I love the colors. Nice work!
This looks a lot like a muted GMK Deku, which I'm already in, but it looks like this Marmoreal set has a huge advantage in that it has Alt Mods that are alpha-colored. I'm in if it makes it.
I like it. Given the theme I’m surprised there is no international kit?
8x1.25 R4 novelties feels excessive, especially with only 2x1.5.
1.5u and 1.75u backspaces in your kit renders should be swapped, as they're currently in the wrong positions.
You have 3x1.25 controls in the bottom row in base kit render.
I enjoy the look of this set - prefer the look of the simpler deskmats though.
the #8 novelty looks great. is it a dancing person?
8. Dawn by Georg Kolbe.
i found out about this set pretty recently, but man its gotten a grasp onto me. good job with it keep it up :)