IN DEVELOPMENT

Design Brief: Reimagine the Si75-HE through three distinct new colourways, each expressed through frosted transparent cases and coordinated silicone components. Inspired by the optimism of Frutiger Aero, the moody purple haze of Iodine, and the bold identity of Team Canada, the collection should feel visually expressive, tactile, and nostalgic, bringing personality, depth, and atmosphere to a high-performance keyboard.

Hall Effect Keyboard

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BEHIND THE BUILD SI75-HE ROUND 2 IN DEVELOPMENT

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Sample Phase 3

2026-07

First round of keycap samples have arrived. Colour accuracy varies from set to set. Minor changes needed to Aquifer and Iodine.
Design changes and colour adjustments needed to Northline. Colour too pale, and lacking contrast. Experimenting with an all red keycap set or an all black set.

Product Lineup Decisions

2026-07

Decision made to carry a total of 6 models.

3 New Colourways

Aquifer
Iodine
Northline

1 replacement model (replacing existing 3 colour options of Si75-HE)

Greyscale

Silicone keycap version for Greyscale model available in 2 switch variants

Standard linear HE switches
Silent linear HE switches

Design Phase 2

2026-06

Now that colours for the cases have been determined, we can move onto design of the keycap sets.
10 total artworks have been designed with both small and large variations to experiment with the weight of colour and contrast.

Sample Phase 2

2026-06

Increased the transparency effect by reducing the opacity from 80% to 50%.
The real shift in transparency was smaller than expected but the result turned out really nice so we decided to accept round two case samples.
Most of the plates and silicone components look great but we will be requesting more colours to play around with different combinations to amp up or dial back accent colours.

Sample Phase 1

2026-05

Received samples of a range of colours from design phase 1.
Key pantone colours identified and selected. Adjustments needed to increase the transparency effect of the case in our lineup.

Design Phase 1

2026-04

Identify range of colours, transparency level targets for keycaps cases, plates and silicone components.

Visualization

2026-03

Turned ideas and themes into visual mockups in order to communicate our vision to our designer as well as the vendor to determine what design and production limitations we may have.