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GMK Avanguardia - GB 15th December - GB Thread UP!

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Link to Discord server
raz.works

Last Update!

So, this will be the last update. The 15th of December GMK Avanguardia is going live on
EU: Candykeys
USA: Vala Supply
Asia: iLumkb
Australia: Switchkeys
Canada: Deskhero

It's been a long journey but we're finally here! Thank you all for the support and critiques - you helped me a lot guys!

Below are posted all the new renders and the new kits. Beside that, I worked on a website about the projects I'm working on: raz.works and started a Discord server.
If you're Italian, there's this Discord server where I practically developed the whole set with the help of the Italian community.

I'm going to setup the Geekhack GB post with all the fuzz soon!

Thank you all again for the support bois <3

PS: this is the GMK Box i designed. I hope GMK can print the inside of it.

NEW KITS!

Minimalistico

Figure e Forme

Alternativo

Striscia

Milleottocento

40Per100

Linee

Deskmats:
Those are designed to be standard 900x400mm!

Keyboards Renders
I did all the renders here, i am still learning so don't be too much picky

Latest Renders

Old Post

Hello Geekhack Community!

I am Raz, a web designer from Italy and I would like to present you my first keycap set project!
Quarantine here in Italy gave me the opportunity to develop some ideas that I had been dragging for some time.

I partnered up with my friend and designer Johnnymalandra and came up with the idea of GMK Avanguardia:
I chose an italian word that, as you can guess corresponds to "Avant-guard" or "Vanguard",
referring to all those extreme, daring and innovative artists with a futuristic sight capable of anticipating their times.

I have seen that sets featuring themes related to modern pop culture have always been appreciated, so I thought, why not pay respect to a great artist who influenced it the most in shapes and colors.
More than content, this set draws its inspiration from Kandinsky's words:
"Art goes beyond the limits in which time would like to compress it, and indicates the content in the future"

The Color Palette

We especially referred to Vasilij Vasil’evič Kandinskij and
this painting to get the inspiration for the novelties:

We wanted to give our concept a more personal interpretation by using a palette oriented towards the tech world and so the result is down here!

I would like to thank all my friends from the ClickyClackClub Italian community for the support they showed me and Johnnymalandra for the awesome artworks!

Nasu by crusader_alex

Mega by Keebwerk

TKC MOLLY

Rama U80

Vendors:

EU: Candykeys
USA: Vala Supply
Asia: iLumkb
Australia: Switchkeys
Canada: Deskhero

UPDATES

June 11
- Updated the 40s kit leaving out the 1.75 spacebar support and adding magenta 1u Esc and Enter keys
- Updated the spacebar kit dropping the 1.75 spacebar support

June 9
- We have a canadian proxy! Thank you Deskhero!
- We have an asian proxy! Thank you iLumkb!
- Edited 40s and Spacebars | The 40s now have 2x2u and 2x1.75u spacebars
- Proposing an Alternate set with dark number row and additional tab. With this one plus the base you would fill two keyboards. I am testing this up and getting feedbacks on the IC Form. This is the kit:

COLORS
I read a lot of concerns about color contrast and Violet Tendencies similarities.
I've uploaded an imgur album with some renders of Violet Tendencies mods and my alphas/mods in different light conditions:

imgur album with contrasts and gmk tendencies mods

TLDR:

I made this render cause people is concerned about GMK Avanguardia sharing the same GMK Nightshade's palette. In this image you can check GMK colors CR, N9 and NY:

Thanks to
ClickyClackClub Italian community,
David from Candykeys
Keycap Designers discord community!

I am going to update this post with changelogs and new renders soon