A Nishi-Ki handmade USB keyboard is a guaranteed stunner, graced with one of a selection of fantastic illustrations.
At $155, however, that's a lot of cash for a commodity 86-key board. What is it about technology that inhibits appreciating examples of it that ask for a high premium in return for artistic quality? Expected obsolescence, perhaps?
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Perhaps it's because after a week of typing on such a gorgeous keyboard, the artwork would have dissolved and the whole thing would be a mess due to my apparently caustic sweat. Ordinary keyboards show serious signs of wear after a month of me using them - I'd hate to think what it'd do to one of these beauties.
Better for looking at than using, but what's the point of tech you can't use?
The green curly cue one is sweet!
Man, that green curly-cue one is fantastic. It would discourage anyone else from using my keyboard, too!
Matthew- my sweat isn't caustic, but it proliferates, and I bet it'd tear these apart too. I feel your pain.
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is possible to make keyboard like this?
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with some moore keys?
the green curly-cue is a vine pattern for a traditional japanese wrapping cloth called "furoshiki". when i was growing up in japan, just about every family had one of these wrapping cloths tucked away somewhere in the house. growing up i remember manga/cartoons dipicting thieves using them to carry their loot away. this image of thieves and this viney-furoshiki pattern is so prevelant, it's still being used today... by the cops in osaka.
How cute, I wouldn't mind the Nishi-ki on my desk.