KEY–01

KEY-01 · 65% mechanical keyboard · launching soon

Don’t read about it.
Type on it.

The board below is a working model of KEY-01. Press the keys on the keyboard in front of you, or tap the caps. Change the switch, change the colour, turn the sound on, and listen to the difference.

Whatever you type shows up here.

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Switch
Colourway
Sound Synthesised from the switch profile. Never plays on its own.

Switches

Three characters.
Pick the one your fingers like.

Every key on the board above runs on the switch you choose here. The cross-section is live: press any key and watch the stem travel, the spring compress and the contacts close.

Cross-section of a KEY-01 switch, animated as you press keys top actuates bottom
At restTactile

Layout

Sixty-five percent.
Nothing you’d miss.

Letters, numbers and symbols, a full modifier row, arrow keys, and Delete, Page Up, Page Down and End down the right-hand edge. 68 keys in all. Tap Fn on the board to see the function layer on the number row.

Side profile of the five keycap rows, each sculpted to a different angle R1R2R3R4R4 number rowhome rowspace row
Each row is cut to a different angle, so the whole board curves to meet your fingers.
  • Your switchLinear, Tactile or Clicky, chosen when you order. The board above runs on whichever you pick in the switch control.
  • Function layerHold Fn and the number row becomes F1 to F12. Try it on the board: tap Fn to lock the layer, tap again to release.
  • Sculpted capsFive rows, four angles. The number row leans back, the home row sits flat, the space row leans in.
  • Standard sizes1.25-unit modifiers, a 6.25-unit space bar, a 2-unit Backspace: the sizes keycap sets are made in, so the caps are easy to swap.

Colourways

Three finishes.
One accent key each.

Pick one and the board at the top of the page changes with it.

Reserve

Launching soon.
Hear about it first.

Leave an address and we’ll write once, when KEY-01 is ready to order. Nothing else.