The Sol Deskmat Collection
- a stellar backdrop to complement your mechanical input interface -
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Featuring mandalas (circular abstract geometric patterns that symbolise the cosmos), this design is a tribute to the Sun and planets of our Solar System.
This depiction of the Heavens doesn’t pretend to be scientifically accurate, but at least it’s the Heliocentric model (shout-out to my man Copernicus).
I’ll leave any New Age metaphysical interpretations to those with broader minds than mine. I for one, simply just like anything related to Space. Space is cool.
Renders
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Thanks to Rama Works and Bachoo for making their keyboard models available for render purposes
Colourways
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Umbra //Dark
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Radiance //Light
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Copernicus //Gold Light
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Hypatia //Rose Gold
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Newton //Navy
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Celestial //Lavender
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Solarized //Turquoise
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Hydrogen //Blue
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Gravity //Gray
Prototypes
Unedited phone photos
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Oziiiobsessions (https://www.instagram.com/oziiiobsessions/)took some more better professional grade photographs of the prototypes: https://imgur.com/a/GebSryp
i.e.
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Specifications
900x400x4mm
Stitched Edging
Rubber non-slip bottom
Smooth cloth surface
Several details are littered throughout such as:
- Floral elements for Earth's design
- Wave/water references for Neptune's design
- Hearts for Pluto
- Sunflower for the Sun
- The Big Dipper and Southern Cross constellations
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Vendors
| US | Space (https://spaceholdings.net/products/sol-desk-pad) |
| Canada | Ashkeebs (https://www.ashkeebs.com/product/sol-deskmats/) |
| Europe | Salvun (https://salvun.com/products/sol-desk-pad-pre-order) |
| UK | Proto[Typist] (https://prototypist.net/products/group-buy-sol-deskmat) |
| Oceania | Switchkeys (https://www.switchkeys.com.au/collections/current-group-buys-1/products/sol-deskmats-group-buy) |
| China | zFrontier (https://www.zfrontier.com/app/mch/1R6R3EA803X1) |
| SE Asia | iLumkb (https://ilumkb.com/products/sol-desk-pad) |
| South Asia/Middle East | StacksKB (https://stackskb.com/store/sol-deskmat/) |
TimelineGroupbuy: Nov 13th-29th [EDIT: Some vendor stores such as Spaceholdings.net and Stackskb.com have left their store page listings open for a few more days until the 5th/6th December for any last minute orders.]
ETA: Q1 2022 (shipping from manufacturer to vendor will vary across the board)
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Stay Up to Date via Discord Server (http://hhttps://discord.gg/rtmNc7FPPm)(#sol-deskmats for updates) | DMs: BobaSweatandTears#1659
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https://www.instagram.com/boba.kinks/ (https://i.imgur.com/nWksWiv.png)
See You Space Cowboy...(https://i.imgur.com/TqTGl6f.png)
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Original IC link here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113296.0)