Top 10 most beautiful keyboards
A couple of months ago we put together the list of the ‘Top 10 most beautiful cellphones‘. Today we’ll concentrate on the world’s most beautiful keyboard. We’ve probably looked at several thousand keyboards before we came up with these final 10, so if you know of any additional keyboard with a truly unique and nice design, please add them in the comment below! Ok, lets get it on with number 10:
The Surta-7 is a vandalism-proof industrial keyboard meant to be used in public places and various kiosk stations. It’s a robust and clean design made out of stainless steel. I guess this one is a pain to type on (as there’s usually only small micro switches beneath each key), but at least it looks good. Or I would put it this way – it’s so ugly that it’s beautiful!
The Surta-7 industrial keyboard [industrialkeyboard.com]
The wireless Speedlink flat metal keyboard is a elegant and classy input device. The front face is made out of brushed material and the keyboard features 18 hotkeys that gives you quick access to anything you would like. The working range is about 10 metres.
Speedlink metal keyboard [speedlink.de]
I realize that this photo doesn’t give the Microsoft’s Wireless entertainment desktop 8000 the credibility it deserves. It’s in fact a really good looking keyboard. The coolest thing with the keyboard is the fact that it’s completely backlit and the comfort curve makes it feel very relaxing and easy to use.
Wireless entertainment desktop 8000
The diNovo Cordless Desktop is another sleek keyboard from Logitech. The numeric keypad doubles as a calculator and can even display the temperature and date/time. Everything is wireless and the set also includes a wireless mouse and a mini-receiver desktop stand.
Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop [logitech.com]
The SteelKeys 6G is a pro gaming keyboard from SteelSeries. Thanks to a built-in buffer system up to 8 keys can be used simultaneously. It’s a cool looking keyboard!
SteelKeys 6G [steelseries.com]
The Luxiium Luxeed is a keyboard that features built-in LED lights in every single key. The key can be programmed to display any of the available 512 colors which makes it possible to do program some really cool night effects. The keyboard is also available in a white model with transparent keys. Interesting concept!
Luxiium Luxeed keyboard [Engadget]
Das Keyboard may look just like any other keyboard at the first glance, but take a closer look at it – it’s totally clean. Just glossy black plastic with absolutely no text on the keys (except the logo of course). The home keys F and J have been specially shaped so the user’s index fingers find their home position easily. Yeah, this is the ultimate hacker keyboard – and the completely black design make it a cool contender on this list.
The Optimus keyboard is probably the most talked-about keyboard so far. It’s one of the most digged stories ever (currently one of the Optimus stories has 12 888 diggs), and the release date has been pushed forward a couple of times. The keyboard isn’t out yet, and the last thing I heard was that the keys wasn’t going to be in color – black and white only. We’ll see about that, but the original idea made it onto this list.
The Optimus keyboard [artlebedev.com]
Apple’s wireless keyboard that got introduced in 2003 is a true beauty. It utilizes bluetooth to transfer the data and the keyboard features 16 function keys, full numeric keypad, inverted-T, audio control and the ability to eject optical media.
Apple.com/keyboard
Here’s a better view of it taken by lluniau [flickr.com]
Picking the winner was quite easy – and a few of my gadget friends picked the same winner – the Logitech diNovo Edge. The combination of glossy black plexi, brushed aluminium and the cool lighting effects make it a stunning keyboard. Check out the side view and start drooling. Congratulations Logitech!
Logitech diNovo Edge [logitech.com]
The Fujitsu’s UMPC concept is just a concept, but it features a beautiful keyboard that also has a clever foldable design.
Fujitsu’s UMPC [reghardware.co.uk]
You got to give it up to the classic rubber keyboard from Sinclair on the ZX Spectrum. The rubber keyboard (chiclet keyboard) of the ZX Spectrum is something truly unique. I still have one at home…love.
ZX Spectrum [Wikipedia]
The Diatec’s Majestouch is a huge and heavy piece that features a brushed aluminim face and blue LED lights. Gizmodo gave this one the title ‘Pimp keyboard‘, and that’s a pretty good summary of the Diatec’s Majestouch.
Majestouch: Pimp Keyboard [gizmodo.com]
The Steampunk keyboard isn’t a mass production keyboard, but it sure is a beutiful one. It’s made out of a traditional IBM Model M keyboard and two old typewriters. Cool one.
Steampunk keyboard mod [steampunkworkshop.com]
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February 26th, 2007 00:06
The price for Das Keyboard is ridiculous! It is cool looking, but the same effect could be made with a generic $10 keyboard, a spray can of primer, and a spray can of flat black.
February 26th, 2007 00:13
Can’t believe you missed out the ones that actually work better than standard, as opposed to just looking good. Kinesis Contour model is just one example.
February 26th, 2007 03:17
If mass production is not one of your criteria, then this would be one of my nominations for beautiful keyboards:
http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml
February 26th, 2007 13:16
I agree totally…you got to give ZX Spectrum credit…
February 26th, 2007 16:16
[...] Fosfor Gadgets: Top 10 Designer Keyboards [...]
February 26th, 2007 20:32
[...] Top 10 designer keyboards – prylbloggen Fosfor Gadgets har listat 10 stycken riktigt snygga tangentbord. På bilden ovan syns det omtalade Optimus keyboard från företaget bakom klockan Verbarius (se tidigare inlägg). [...]
February 27th, 2007 00:31
Where’s the most beautiful of them all? I mean, of course, the incomparable IBM M.
February 27th, 2007 02:36
See if you can find a picture of the Keycorp K32B. It’s a Point Of Sale keyboard, intended for banks and the like. It has a magnetic card reader, smart card reader and a built-in trackball. Best of all, it has proper mechanical keyswitches and is a dream to type on.
February 27th, 2007 23:54
Top 10 Most Beautiful Keyboards
The ever-esteemable Fosfor Gadgets has posted a list of the Top Ten most beautiful keyboards. No weird luxury boards studded with crystals or precious metals here, just ten very elegantly constructed peripherals. It does, however, include the notoriou…
March 1st, 2007 09:06
This just makes me wanna go home and throw my crappy keyboard out the window…
March 2nd, 2007 01:25
[...] A couple of days ago I published a list of the Top 10 designer keyboards. Number 8 on that list was the Wireless entertainment desktop 8000 from Microsoft. Gizmodo has just published a cool little article where they have had some hands-on experience with the keyboard. [...]
March 2nd, 2007 06:01
[...] Posted on March 1st, 2007 by hahanu. Categories: Computers. Fosfor Gadgets has come up with this list of 10 most beautiful keyboards, including the hackerish Das Keyboard (without any text on the keys), the vaporware-ish Optimus by Art Lebedev design studio and several Logitech creations. Thanks to mikael for sending, click on the images to see in details. -Quang- @ haha.nu.0 comments. [...]
March 2nd, 2007 11:11
hi
very nice keyboards. but they are not available in my country!
thank you
March 2nd, 2007 12:57
Los 10 teclados más bonitos del momento
Aquí tenemos la lista de los diez teclados con mejor diseño, no los más raros ni los más originales… simplemente los más bonitos.
March 2nd, 2007 16:38
Los 10 teclados mas bonitos
Que bueno.. como todo, luego eso de que sean los más, es bastante discutible, pero bueno, como he dicho otras veces, a la gente le mola hacer rankings.. Aquí aparece esta vez un listado con los teclados más bonitos que pueden comprarse ahora.
March 2nd, 2007 18:14
[...] [...]
March 3rd, 2007 13:58
it was very nice keyboard
March 4th, 2007 05:12
Loved the post. By the way, you spelled beautiful wrong in the title.
March 4th, 2007 06:13
coool! I wish I had one of these BEAUTIFUL keyboards!
March 4th, 2007 06:40
Salam!!
March 4th, 2007 11:52
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March 4th, 2007 13:09
perfect
March 4th, 2007 14:55
Cool.
March 4th, 2007 16:24
Check out the TypeMatrix: http://www.typematrix.com/
March 4th, 2007 23:34
خيلي با حال بودن. دمتون گرم.
March 5th, 2007 06:14
goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood
March 5th, 2007 23:57
[...] The Optimus keyboard ended up on the 3rd place on our Top 10 most beautiful keyboards and it looks like we will finally get to see one of them for real in the near future. According th Art Lebedevs livejournal page the keyboard will be shown at Cebit that takes place between 15 – 21 March in Hannover, Germany. But if you want to buy one you still got to wait until the last quarter of 2007 – and have plenty of $. [...]
March 6th, 2007 04:00
How could you have forsaken it? http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/kbd_top.shtml
March 6th, 2007 14:47
ommmm. so beautifull keyboreds!
March 6th, 2007 21:07
so sexy
March 7th, 2007 04:35
ええなあ
March 7th, 2007 10:49
↑ってか日本語ｗ
March 8th, 2007 15:53
I recommend happy hacking keyboard HG series. Simple is the best.
The keytops are painted by traditional URUSHI (a Japanese natural painting) and all the keys are specially organized to have happy hacking.
The problem is the price
Because URUSHI painting is basically handmade process by masterpiece of Japanese craftmen (I’m not sure the keyboard is hand-painted, I mean ‘basically’), the keyboard costs as high as 525,000 yen (approx. 4500 USD).
March 8th, 2007 16:06
خيــــــــلى خوب بود دست شما درد نكنه محسن از كويت ….
March 9th, 2007 12:17
[...] The Optimus keyboard ended up on the 3rd place on our Top 10 most beautiful keyboards and it looks like we will finally get to see one of them for real in the near future. According th Art Lebedevs livejournal page the keyboard will be shown at Cebit that takes place between 15 – 21 March in Hannover, Germany. [...]
March 11th, 2007 06:45
Thanks alot .
March 11th, 2007 07:54
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March 14th, 2007 21:07
Great man ! i Choose Wireless entertainment desktop 8000 !
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March 24th, 2007 11:37
키감으로 뽑자.
March 29th, 2007 22:07
بابا دمتون گرم عجب چیزایی
رامین از ایران خوزستان
May 31st, 2007 07:22
[...] Mit die schönsten Tastatur-Designs findet man bei fosfor die eine Top 10 der schönsten Keyboards zusammengestellt haben. Unter anderem auch die links zu sehende diNovo Edge von Logitech, die mit einer Laser-bearbeiteten Oberfläche aufwarten kann. [...]
June 8th, 2007 20:21
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August 5th, 2007 05:28
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August 8th, 2007 16:11
And what about commodore 64 keyboard !
August 25th, 2007 07:05
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October 3rd, 2007 17:02
For the recored the Kinesis Contour is a rip off of the Maltron Ergonomic Keyboard. They just got round the patent laws by ditching the number pad. Do not promote the product.
October 7th, 2007 10:31
I think the idea of writing a song about a great cms is nice and the final song is amazing!!
October 14th, 2007 01:39
I recommend happy hacking keyboard HG series. Simple is the best.
The keytops are painted by traditional URUSHI (a Japanese natural painting) and all the keys are specially organized to have happy hacking.
October 16th, 2007 21:29
Thanks for very interesting article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.
October 20th, 2007 15:01
thx for the great top 10 . got 2 of theses keyboards
October 20th, 2007 15:33
Luxiium Luxeed keyboard is a perfect board.
October 20th, 2007 15:35
The Optimus keyboard is my favorite.
October 29th, 2007 01:48
Thank You for another very interesting article. So please try to keep up the great work all the time.
November 2nd, 2007 07:35
Thanks for very interesting eiweiss article. btw. I really enjoyed reading all of your posts. It’s interesting to read ideas, and observations eiweiss from someone else’s point of view… makes you think more. So please keep up the great work. Greetings.
November 4th, 2007 12:29
how did you miss out the TVS Gold Keyboard. Not just elegant to look at like the DAS keyboard, bot the most beautiful on your fingers. It is music to your fingers when you use it. I suggest you buy and and then add it to your honourable mention atleast. It has a huge fan following in India and has achieved a cult status much like the Harley davidsons, The Beatles etc.
December 11th, 2007 09:57
The Optimus keyboard is my favorite.
January 10th, 2008 13:30
There are many useful informations in this article. Thanks and greetings from Thuringia!
January 18th, 2008 12:09
Good stuff. Thanks and greetings!
January 26th, 2008 22:57
good article
January 26th, 2008 22:59
great reassource
February 2nd, 2008 15:07
Logitech diNovo Edge is my fav
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And what about commodore 64 keyboard !
February 11th, 2008 13:50
idem !
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