Designed by world renowned industrial designer Dr. Kazuo Kawazaki, the
Cool Leaf keyboard is a glimpse into the future: an elegantly tailored
tool fusing the utility of a touch-screen with a brilliant, easily
serviceable, mirror-like design.
Featuring a full English QWERTY 108 key layout, each capacitive key is individually backlit to provide brilliant soft lighting under any conditions. An adjustable beep sounds upon a successful key press, and sensitivity can be adjusted as well to easily accommodate any keyboard commando, from hunt-and-peck beginners to 150wpm novelists. The mirror-like surface allows for easy cleaning and is ideal for workspaces that require regular maintenance, or for beautifully accenting your home PC setup.
Featuring a full English QWERTY 108 key layout, each capacitive key is individually backlit to provide brilliant soft lighting under any conditions. An adjustable beep sounds upon a successful key press, and sensitivity can be adjusted as well to easily accommodate any keyboard commando, from hunt-and-peck beginners to 150wpm novelists. The mirror-like surface allows for easy cleaning and is ideal for workspaces that require regular maintenance, or for beautifully accenting your home PC setup.
15 comments:
Really? "A glimpse into the future"? This design captures everything that's wrong with iPad keyboards and tosses in an annoying beeping sound with every keypress; imagine an office using these.
No tactile feedback? No thank you.
It looks really neat. But like Bill, I prefer tactile feedback. That's why I use the vibrator on my phone for all keystrokes. I also use the ergonomic keyboards. The real turnoff is that 250 pricetag. Ack! No way I'm gonna pay that much for something I may not like.
Jesus bloody Christ, nowadays you can buy mechanical keyboards starting at US$ 60, which are really better than normal membrane keyboards...
But then, this feels like regressing! I'd rather use a common cheap US$ 5 membrane keyboard rather than using something that looks and feels like my tablet's keyboard!
Now, to make it even worse, it costs US$ 250, far more than normal mechanical keyboards!
Seriously, i'ts just ridiculous.
I have to say this is a really cool design and hats off to you. This would be a nice thing to have for a kiosk or for a viewing station of some sort.
As for my computers, I am a person that does not look at my keyboard and very picky with having tactile feed back. I have a tablet and choose not to do a whole lot of typing on it for this reason. For looks, I think it is awesome but for everyday use and the hefty price tag, I wouldn't buy this.
I like the idea and like seeing the outside of the box design but not practical..
lemme know when you replace those beeps with tactile feedback, chop the price, and maybe offer multiple versions (going between this straight rectangle and a swoopy ergonomic board).
Can it be configured to a Dvorak layout?
I would prefer an ergonomic version as well.
Pretty...and useless.
could just as well get a touchscreen of that size with tactile feedback
When the price goes down to $50 or$ 60 , I will consider buying one !
Ultimate idiocy, in the "form over function" architects' logic. Or to get carpal tunnel in 5 minutes.
This idea has been used in the anime 'Psycho Pass'. What was neat is that the keys could be switched to different layouts.
No trae la letra ñ y el pitito es desagradable, bonito, pero poco util. me imagino que un golpe y muere
I appreciate the finish & size of the keyboard. A spill of liquid will not short out nor the accumulation of dust or oils from the fingers create a bulid up of dirt etc. on the keyboard. I do like the simplicity of the wipe down. I do hope the sound of touching the eyes while typing can be changed. As far as price is concerned I understand this is new on the market. I shall wait before I purchase. The appreiciation features mentioned are not enough to spend the $$ for this particular keyboard. Therefore I will wait
Visual design 100%. Utility 0%.
An even "better" product: the virtual keyboard. LED laser paints keyboard keys on any surface and you just touch the keys. Costs less than this one, and has same level of non-existent feedback. And it too is Totally Useless.
Why do designers waste their time on such things....
I'd pick up my old IBM Model M from 1984 over every else's keyboard. I am glad that gamers demands a fast keyboards, so similar mechinal keyboards are manufactured.
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