Print Page - [GB] WS x Jaekeyed (赤灰色) Aka Haiiro May 31 to June 1, 2023

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Dear MKB community,

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

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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

VENDORS

US: Cannonkeys (https://cannonkeys.com)
CA: Ashkeebs (https://www.ashkeebs.com)
VN: Soi Gear (https://soigear.vn)
MY: Rebult Keyboards (https://www.rebultkeyboards.com)
SG: iLumkb (https://ilumkb.com)
TH: NTCH Keys (https://ntchkeys.com)
PH: Jaekeyed (https://jaekeyed.com)
JP: Yushakobo (https://shop.yushakobo.jp)
Indonesia: Mechaland (https://mechaland.id)
TW: Inpad (https://www.inpad.com.tw)
UK: Proto[Typist] (https://prototypist.net)
DE: Keygem (https://keygem.com)
AU: Keebz N Cables (https://www.keebzncables.com)
CN & rest of the world: Wuque Studio (https://shop.wuquestudio.com/products/aka-haiiro-keycap)

SPECS

Profile: Cherry Profile Row 1-1-2-3-4-4
Material: PBT
Technology: All-Side Dye Sublimation

KITS

完全 Kanzen | Base kit

Price: $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

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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

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RENDERS

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CMM.Studio Fuji75

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KBDfans x Vulcan Maja

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Wuque Studio Zoom65

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DESKMAT

Price: $22

Breathe

This is a functional deskmat. You can play go/gomoku games simultaneously on this deskmat. ;)

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METAL ARTISAN

Price: $39

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KEYBOARD COLLABORATION

Details 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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SAMPLES

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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.

on Neson Design N6

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More

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on Matrix Lab Vita Nebula

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More

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on Gray Studio Space80 Apollo

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More

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ARTISANS COLLABORATION

NAMONG (https://instagram.com/namong.art)
Sandun (https://instagram.com/sandun_art)
NORK (https://instagram.com/nork.studios)
Zero Sky (https://instagram.com/zerosky.keycaps)
Anomaly Caps (https://instagram.com/anomalycaps)
P.Craft Studio (https://instagram.com/pcraft_studio)
Craft Key (https://instagram.com/craftkey)
Coconut Keycaps (https://instagram.com/coconut.keycaps)

You can discuss this project among fellow MKB enthusiasts within these Discord channels:

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You can check my links to follow this project or my other keycapset designs, by clicking my logo. Thank you very much!

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Approved :thumb:

Damn, I missed this one :( Will there be extras?

geekhack

geekhack Marketplace => Group Buys and Preorders => Topic started by: jaekid on Wed, 31 May 2023, 03:05:02