Design a keyboard that increases the efficiency of digital creators, increases their work experience, and provides customizability
Delta Keyboard
Keyboard for Digital Creators
Design Brief:
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Users
Digital Creators
Architects
Game Designers
Photographers
Video Editors
Graphic Designers
Industrial Designers
Inspiration
Workshops
3 keycaps/switches workshops explored what keycap features felt the most comfortable and inviting
Participants: Design students
4 keyboard layout workshops where participants generated their dream keyboard layout
Participants:Design professionals
2 rounds of testing potential final layouts. Test layouts were created based on all previous workshops
Participants: Design professionals, design students
Ideation
Each workshop was followed by an ideation phase. The data collected in these workshops was used to refine the ideation phases of each keyboard component. As one component was finalized, the next set of workshops began.
Case Design
Keyboard Layouts
Keycap Profile
Prototyping
Final
- 2 scroll belts to improve program navigation
- 2 Copy/Paste keys
- Left-side Enter, Delete, and arrow keys
- Home and F-keys accessed with FN
- Fingerprint scanner
- Removable number pad
- Splittable layout
- Interchangable with blank keycaps for remaping
UI Concept
