When I was young, I was able to visit a beautiful Asian country, Japan. I won’t forget the trucker hat I got from our vacation which says “MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR.” Coincidentally, the hat’s main color is hot red, with LOVE in white and WAR in black. I loved that hat, but I lost it after a few years and I couldn’t find that very same design again. But that’s okay, life moves forward. Still, that statement will resonate with me until the day I die. In this world of uncertainty, it is better to promote love and kindness.
Fast forward to now, I am dedicating this new gomoku-inspired keycapset design called (赤灰色) Aka Haiiro, literally translated to "Red Grey", for a community that shares the same love for mechanical keyboards from a country other than my own.
I incorporated that same short but profound statement about love and war using tategaki, the traditional Japanese way of writing vertically. I think I might as well help that very same hat designer to propagate what he wanted to tell the world - it is better to make love, not war.
Love,
Jae
Now, I'm partnering with Wuque Studio, to make my design and vision for Aka Haiiro a reality. Group Buy Period: May 31, 2023 to June 21, 2023
VENDORS
US: Cannonkeys
CA: Ashkeebs
VN: Soi Gear
MY: Rebult
SG: iLumkb
TH: NTCH Keys
PH: Jaekeyed
JP: Yushakobo
Indonesia: Mechaland
TW: Inpad
UK: Prototypist
DE: Keygem
AU: KeebsNCables
CN & rest of the world: Wuque Studio
SPECS
Profile: Cherry Profile Row 1-1-2-3-4-4
Material: PBT
Technology: All-Side Dye SublimationKITS
完全 Kanzen | Base kitFeatures: 3-color legends (white, red, grey), vertical modifier legends, 4-bit binary numerical system, Latin + Katakana + Romaji alphas
Support: JIS, ISO, Alice, 40s, 60s up to Full Size
奇麗 Kirei | Alphas kitFeatures: 3-color legends (white, red, grey), Katakana-only alphas
Support: JIS, ISO, Alice extra keys; keyboard kit with 1.50u R2 Tab key
RENDERS
CMM.Studio Fuji75
KBDfans x Vulcan Maja
Wuque Studio Zoom65
DESKMATBreatheThis is a functional deskmat. You can play go/gomoku games simultaneously on this deskmat. 
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