Author Topic: 2011 Wall Calendar made of two-thousand-eleven keyboard keys (Read 5929 times)

hara · « **on:** Sat, 30 October 2010, 09:40:31 »

Thought this would be the right place to post this announcement:

http://kck.st/20eleven

I'm working on a typographic wall calendar, made of two thousand and eleven keyboard keys. Last year I did one made of 2010 keys.
You can get a visual impression of the design from the attached pictures.

This year I turned the design into a Kickstarter project. Kickstarter is a public funding platform for design and art projects.

Have a look and enjoy the work!

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Further reading:

I also was invited to a lengthy interview about my design process:
http://blog.kickstarter.com/post/1360375408/creator-q-a-harald-geisler-of-typographical-calendar

On my website i wrote a bit more in depth about the piece:
http://haraldgeisler.com/2009/12/31/typographic-keyboard-wall-calendar/

And there is even a concept text and picture as downloadable PDF:
http://2011.haraldgeisler.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Harald-Geisler-Typographic-Keyboard-Calendar.pdf

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Yours Sincerely,
Harald Geisler

Twitter: @HaraldGeisler

http://kck.st/20eleven

sixty · « **Reply #1 on:** Sat, 30 October 2010, 11:38:31 »

Nice project! What I find pretty creepy is that I can tell most of those keyboard brands by simply looking at the keycaps. I need to get out more.

ricercar · « **Reply #2 on:** Sat, 30 October 2010, 12:53:01 »

Awesome vision, execution. Welcome to Geekhack.

hara · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 14:39:40 »

Thanks, for the nice feedback!

@sixty i realy like your keyboardporn.com website! awesome!

Findecanor · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:12:07 »

What a waste! I can spot several Cherry MX double shot key caps in the result. A couple of ALPS-compatible keys in the "sorting" picture even has its switch still attached.
I suppose that the "artist" just tossed the rest of the keyboards in the bin after he was done. *sigh*

hara · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:23:57 »

Quote from: Findecanor;241228

… tossed the rest of the keyboards in the bin after he was done. *sigh*…

@Findecanor not at all! i keep them all - they can be reused for new messages. But not for typing on a keyboard. If you want to find out more read here http://bit.ly/q_and_a_cal

HaaTa · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:50:09 »

Want...

My wall look pretty bare anyways

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When will the posters get sent out? I want to order one, but I'll be moving around the country around December 21 - January 5.

didjamatic · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:55:24 »

Yeah, but is it full NKRO?

wellington1869 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:58:10 »

all i can say is, "why?!".

one of these days I have to come up with a wacky project idea to post on that site.

hey, i know: pledge $1000 for me to take a week off to come up with a wacky idea to post on that site that you can pledge money to.

hara · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 16:10:05 »

Quote from: HaaTa;241254

Want...

My wall look pretty bare anyways .

When will the posters get sent out? I want to order one, but I'll be moving around the country around December 21 - January 5.

Prints will be ready by December 7th. Shipping starts on December 8th. If you leave me a note while backing i can also arrange a delayed shipment.

sixty · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 18:14:21 »

The "making of" blog entry was a nice read. We have another artist on the board here who has been collecting 800+ keyboards so far which apparently will end in a similar fate. So far he has still not announced what they will be used for in the end.

I think I will be ordering a print too!

PS: One day someone should make a mosaic out of keycaps.. with all these different types of yellowed keys it should almost be possible :tongue:

didjamatic · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 01 November 2010, 18:36:55 »

I think it's seriously awesome.

Sam · « **Reply #12 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 23:29:42 »

Nice project! But I won't be truly impressed until you make a keyboard controller to read that huge key matrix and have it connected to your PC. When you press a key for any given day, your schedule for that day pops up.

ricercar · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 01:51:19 »

with N_key rollover.

zefrer · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 08:02:50 »

Gotta have diodes too

hara · « **Reply #15 on:** Tue, 16 November 2010, 10:56:30 »

Just wanted to keep you updated…*the campaign reached 52% of it's funding goal today and has only 8 days to go! If you like to support the project or get a copy do so on the Kickstarter Site - http://kck.st/20eleven
(Did i mention that world wide shipping is included? - Yes it is!)

Also thank you very much to people who pledged till today and supported the campaign by sharing on twitter and facebook.

Yours,
Harald

HaaTa · « **Reply #16 on:** Tue, 16 November 2010, 11:12:45 »

Thanks for reminding me.

hara · « **Reply #17 on:** Tue, 16 November 2010, 11:25:53 »

And now reached 55% - Thanks:high5:

almost there:

Yours,
Harald

http://kck.st/20eleven
http://haraldgeisler.com/2009/12/31/typographic-keyboard-wall-calendar/

hara · « **Reply #18 on:** Sun, 21 November 2010, 17:48:49 »

Short update: the project is @86% and there is a new video. 71 hours to go.

→ http://kck.st/20eleven

Thanks.

hara · « **Reply #19 on:** Thu, 30 December 2010, 16:11:41 »

(@ rippster: I would love to get Cherry MX stems for the the 2012 Version. Although I have no idea where to get them used… )

@everybody

I just wanted to post a picture of the finished 2011 "Typographic Wall Calendar".
Anybody still needs a Wall Calendar? Prints can be ordered through my website:
http://haraldgeisler.com/order-prints/

(:pray2:Delayed christmas presents for geekhack's: send me a mail after purchacse via paypal and you'll get 10% off - post in this thread a picture of the calendar in your office or kitchen (or where you'd like to put it on the wall) and get additional 15% off.)

Happy new Year!
Harald

↓ final version:

↓ this is how the packaged calendar looks like:

↓ picture from the making-of -(sorting keys)

HaaTa · « **Reply #20 on:** Thu, 30 December 2010, 16:30:17 »

Yay!

Looking forward to receiving mine :biggrin:

hara · « **Reply #21 on:** Tue, 04 January 2011, 13:56:00 »

@HaaTa Thanks for ordering the "Typographic Wall Calendar" - I think your order went out far before the holidays. Please let me know if it doesn't arrive until the weekend.

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Author Topic: 2011 Wall Calendar made of two-thousand-eleven keyboard keys (Read 5929 times)