What it took to make Pastel Dreams
DSA Pastel Dreams® keycaps have landed! Yes, it took more time than the optimists anticipated, but we believe it was worth the wait.
The Mintlodica & Keyboardio teams went through dozens of rounds to hone in on the colors and alignment. Plus, we advocated for the addition of every size of DSA small convex spacebar your heart desires.
Shoutouts to our Collaborators
Have you ever been deep in the trenches of a project and everything starts to blur? We brought back the amazing Andy to help with the details. This meant rigorous QA and help with legend alignment. (He also created the graphics for our Deskmats Sizing Guide!)
We love talking about our collaborators, so here's more about Jesse & Kaia, the folks behind Keyboardio.
The Ray & Charles Eames of Ergonomic Keyboards
Jesse & Kaia are an example of ethical small business owners with heart. It's rare to find Founders who have an eye on quality (and a sense of humor) the way they do.
And they've been in it since 2014. I was lucky enough to tap-tap on a Model 100 prototype Jesse had brought to XOXO in those early years. An XOXO'er once explained they made the most well designed Ergonomic Keyboards, hence the Ray & Charles Eames of Ergonomic Keyboards.
Preonic Kickstarter
In addition to our keycap collaboration, Susan (Founder of Mintlodica) also got to Guest Star for the first time ever in a video production! It was neat to see how the sauce was made.
If you're interested in the Keyboardio Preonic, they are available thru Kickstarter. You can even get 2 at a small discount.
Do you have a DSA (or XDA) keycap project in mind?
If you too have an idea for a custom set of keycaps, reach out to: founders@keyboard.io
Keyboardio has DSA and XDA profile molds available. For other tooling, it'd be possible, but that price might be higher. Methods of include (reverse) dyesub, laser engraving, and, if someone wanted it, old school pad printing.
If you'd like to see another design they helped produce, check out Kerokerokeys keycaps.
By the way, this is an unpaid post. But do note, we did work with them on DSA Pastel Dreams (obviously) and were paid to guest star in their Kickstarter video.
Finally, we'd also appreciate it if you mention Mintlodica, if you found their keycaps program through us. 🙏🏼
