Greetings Geekhack! This is an interest check for the “Cherry Blossomx” Deskmat Series
Colourways
Hanami (花見) "Flower Viewing"
Sakura (桜) "Cherry Blossom"
Fuji (藤) "Wisteria"
Fuyu (冬) "Winter"
Sumi-e (墨絵) "Black Ink Painting" (In the bottom right corner is a Japanese idiom which depicts the kanji for the four trees that bloom in spring: cherry, plum, apricot and peach. Each flower blooms in its own time and it represents that everyone is on their own journey through life.)
Anzu (杏) "Apricot"
Yozakura (夜桜) "Night Cherry Blossom"
Ume (梅) "Plum" (A shout to Gateron Yellows)
Tsubaki (椿) "Camellia"
Eva (ヱヴァ)
Ao (青) "Blue"
Kindly note that lighter colored designs (with Sumi-E as the exception) will have edge stitching that will match the background colour (the design will go over the edge), whereas the rest of the colourways will have black stitching on the edge. Sumi-E is the exception as I have compared both samples of white stitching vs black stitching, and found I preferred the clean contrast and framing the black stitched edges gave, whilst maintaining the monochromatic look. Colourways with over the edge printing:
Renders
"Note, renders slightly out of date, showing version 1. There are a few more falling petals"
Design
Cherry Blossomx is a deskpad collection series evoking the classic beauty of Sakura trees but with a twist. Amidst the flower buds and falling petals in the wind, you might notice the branches are adorned with flowers transformed into MX-style switches! Frame your set-up with an elegant design that represents the mechanical as botanical. There’s a broad array of 11 colourways to fit just about any desk setup; and you also might notice that each design is a call-out to a different switch or keycap set!
Yozakura (Night Sakura) is to complement my love for Rose Gold keycap sets like GMK Olivia & JTK Night Sakura. Fuji (Wisteria) is a reference to Lavender switches, which I personally think are one of the loveliest looking switches. Fuyu (Winter), because baby blue flowers are beautiful. Penguin switches too. Sumi-e (Black ink) is a shout-out to Gateron Ink Black switches, the previous classic standard for great sounding linear switches Anzu (Apricot) is a nod to Holy Pandas, the most hyped custom MX switch... so much history and drama for what started as a frankenswitch. Ume (Plum) is a tribute to Gateron Yellow switches, my first linear love on a budget. Ao (Blue) for OA linear switches
Yes, I considered the greatest of all time switch, MX Browns, and yes, it looked like doo-doo
Thanks - Oli (SA Geoma) for the Deskmat mock-up template - Wintheart for the indirect inspiration - sticker art of Sakurios - Keyboard designers (such as CMM.studio, Rama.Works, TKC) for letting their keyboards being readily available to use for render purposes - KRK
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If these aren’t your style, then I’d like to also plug other deskmats, such as:
