When I was young, I was able to visit a beautiful Asian country, Japan. I won’t forget the trucker hat I got from our vacation which says “MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR.” Coincidentally, the hat’s main color is hot red, with LOVE in white and WAR in black. I loved that hat, but I lost it after a few years and I couldn’t find that very same design again. But that’s okay, life moves forward. Still, that statement will resonate with me until the day I die. In this world of uncertainty, it is better to promote love and kindness.
Fast forward to now, I am dedicating this new gomoku-inspired keycapset design called (赤灰色) Aka Haiiro, literally translated to "Red Grey", for a community that shares the same love for mechanical keyboards from a country other than my own.
I incorporated that same short but profound statement about love and war using tategaki, the traditional Japanese way of writing vertically. I think I might as well help that very same hat designer to propagate what he wanted to tell the world - it is better to make love, not war.
Love,
Jae
Group Buy Period: May 31, 2023 to June 21, 2023 (Different vendors will have different times to go LIVE due to time zones)
Estimated Shipping Period: September, 2023
SPECS
Profile: Cherry Profile Row 1-1-2-3-4-4
Material: PBT
Technology: All-Side Dye Sublimation
KITS
完全 Kanzen | Base kitPrice: $129
Features: 3-color legends (white, red, grey), vertical modifier legends, 4-bit binary numerical system, Latin + Katakana + Romaji alphas
Support: JIS, ISO, Alice, 40s, 60s up to Full Size
奇麗 Kirei | Alphas kit
Price: $59
Features: 3-color legends (white, red, grey), Katakana-only alphas
Support: JIS, ISO, Alice extra keys; keyboard kit with 1.50u R2 Tab key
RENDERS
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CMM.Studio Fuji75
KBDfans x Vulcan Maja
Wuque Studio Zoom65
DESKMATPrice: $22
Breathe
This is a functional deskmat. You can play go/gomoku games simultaneously on this deskmat. 
METAL ARTISANPrice: $39
KEYBOARD COLLABORATIONDetails of the Sale for this keyboard will be announced via Wuque Studio[/b]
Freya Aka Haiiro Edition by Wuque Studio and Jaekeyed
A limited edition version of Freya, a 65% keyboard with left macro column by Wuque Studio, that matches the overall theme of Aka Haiiro.
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Disclaimer: This set of keycaps is the first sample I've gotten from Wuque Studio's team. Since then, I have corrected certain design errors and we are in constant communication to make the actual product as close to the kit renders presented.
Here are the concerns I had with the first samples:- white legends look thinner than intended
- alignment - some of the legends are very close to the edge of a keycap's top surface
Moving forward, we are making sure these concerns are addressed and the products coming to buyers who'd be supporting the Group Buy will be in top-quality.
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on Gray Studio Space80 Apollo
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ARTISANS COLLABORATION
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P.Craft Studio
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