MTNU WellesThis set is designed to invoke the midcentury aesthetic of
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Details- Designed by Madmax13
- Novelties by switchbox.studio
- Manufactured by GMK using PBT
- Using SP stock color chips, sent to GMK for color matching
A quick note on the diamonds: I like diamonds as the super/win/code/sys/meta because they're OS agnostic and originated from Sun type 4 in 1987. This makes them the lineal descendants of the space cadet "meta" key. Not only does it predate the "Win" and "Command" keys, but it was also the only symbol in a text modifier kit.
InspirationThe scene opens in shadow. A cigarette smolders in an ashtray. A typewriter clacks once, then goes silent. This… this all begins with a man. Mr. Orson Welles. You’ve seen him—up there on the screen—casting long shadows as the villain in
Touch of Evil. But he wasn’t just a figure in the frame. He helped shape the very language of the genre, both behind the camera and in front of it. A craftsman of mood. A dealer in chiaroscuro.
Now, this set—once dressed in the lofty curves of SA—finds itself reborn in
GMK MTNU. The lower profile… the comfort… it’s a sleeker silhouette for a darker tale. But the soul remains: the legend placement, that bold SA signature—it stays. It had to stay. It speaks more honestly to the theme. To the story we’re telling.
Why these colors?Let me show you. The alphas—tan. Not glamorous, no. But neither is the world of noir. These are the hues of old plastics, relics of another time. Phones that only ever rang with bad news. Radios whispering secrets through the static. A palette pulled from memory, from age, from truth.
The mods—grey, but cold. Blue-leaning. Like smoke curling under a streetlamp. Like the tint that haunts old black and white reels when the night stretches a little too long.
And the accents—ah, the accents. A red so deep it’s nearly blood. Not crimson. No, this is the red of pulp. Of danger. Of lipstick on a glass left behind. It’s the splash of passion and violence that marks every cover of a dime-store novel… every poster that promised sin in shadows.
So when you press these keys, know you’re not just typing. You’re telling a story.Kitting...The Lady From Shanghai- Base KitNamed after the 1947 Welles project starring Rita Hayworth, this set is designed to accommodate most popular keyboards between 60 percent and full size. It also features limited ergo and minivan support.
...Touch of Evil- NorDeUK KitNorthern European ISO compatibility kit, named after the 1958 Noir film directed by and starring Welles, also starring Charlton Heston.
...The Bad Sleep Well- Novelty KitNoir-inspired imagery, named after the 1960 film Noir directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Renders
Hand Engineering Dalco 959
Rama Works M60
Trashman V4N4GON
Vulcan Maja
Werk Technica Werk One
Geon Works W1AT
Smith and Rune Iron 165Looking forward to hearing everyone's feedback!
