[IC] DOE 60% - An absolutely symmetrical Alice

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Today I’m bringing you a long-awaited new kit IC: DOE60%

a quick glance over the DOE60%




This keyboard features fully symmetrical layout and frame design, shaped like an open book placed in front of your monitor.
Below are prototype samples of the DOE. Huge thanks to all my friends who lent a hand during my extremely busy year. The core colorways for the DOE are finalized as listed below, with full layout options available for all variants. Final shades will be confirmed when the group buy launches.

1.Harbor Gray

2.Robin's Egg Blue

3.Platinum Silver

4.Zeal Red

5.Grapefruit Orange

6.Queen Blue



Production & Project Background
After the experience gained from the Two40 project, we have built far deeper insight into the full custom keyboard manufacturing workflow.
I work across multiple manufacturing and processing industries as my main career, so I initially assumed mass production would be straightforward. However, rolling out a physical product still threw up countless unforeseen production hurdles and tradeoffs.

Manufacturing & Vendor Info
Mass production will be handled by Hongtu（widely regarded as China’s top facility, even in the world so far)
Primary global vendor: KBD. We are still recruiting additional regional vendors at this stage.

Current Timeline
Prototypes have been sent out for reviewing. The official group buy will go live one week after review videos are released.
See you all at the GB launch, thanks for your support!





All attached images are prototype references only; final production finish and color will be confirmed in the GB

[Rafa_n]

ne pricing avail?

[mir3]

Excellent design—exactly the layout I’ve been looking for: symmetric, compact, minimalist, and ergonomic. Definitely a must-have for my collection. My only concern is the top‑mount structure—I'm afraid the typing feel might be too stiff, like pounding on concrete. I hope the designer takes this into account and fine‑tunes the bottom‑out response to make it a bit softer and more resilient, for a more comfortable typing experience. Really looking forward to the final product.

[Zzzzhao]

The board looks interesting. However, I have to point out this is a poorly written IC. It provides virtually no info (not even the mounting style, really?) and does not seem to want to collect feedback. Perhaps you should rethink the purpose of this post.

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[Findecanor]

I dunno about the choice of letting the right side be a mirror of the left. Intuitively, I think making the left side be a mirror of the right feels better. But to each their own.

[MartinThePolarBear]

Do you have a US vendor in mind?