The Knob / k•no•b•1 is a keyboard being designed by 3D Artist and Motion Designer Ben Fryc, and developed by Work Louder. Evoking the look of both classic and modern technology, designed to be a beautiful and functional part of your every day workflow.
Hey there Product Hunt!
Me and the folks at Work Louder are so happy to launch the Knob / k•no•b•1 keyboard. We are opening pre-orders today April 4th at 1PM EST and plan to ship the keyboard in Q3 2024. I started working on this keyboard design as a concept in Figma in July 2023 and have been iterating on it based on feedback from a close group of people who are passionate members of the keyboard space.
During that time the co-founder of Work Louder, Michael Di Genova reached out to see if we could partner on the development and the rest is history. I've been working closely with the Work Louder team to further refine the industrial design so that manufacturing can go more smoothly.
But what is the k•no•b•1? At it's core it's a low-profile mechanical keyboard with uniquely designed keycaps that are designed look amazing and feel great to type on. Another novel feature is a small screen on the right hand side between the right arrow key and two rotary encoder knobs above. It's only 100x310 pixels so pixel art should look great on it. We plan to support custom wallpapers, a timer, and computer control features when we ship. Down the road, we want people to be able to create their own features. Stay tuned on that front.
I'm happy to answer any questions you might have about the keyboard. Thank you so much for giving us a look!
Is the display programmable - is possible to write custom “app” for it, i.e to show status or whatever.
Is there a backlight?
My wife astonished me one day in a department store when she went over to the mechanical keyboards and started talking about them - I had no idea! Anyway the sound of the keys is what she liked. I did not hear any key clicking in your slick promo? Perhaps there is another ad? 🤔
Love this Ben! @benfryc Amazing to see the final product in less than a year since ideation! Love the clean color theme, any additional colors you thinking about trying in the future?
Hi Ben,
I saw many of your ideas on Instagram, and that so cool to see to see a concept come to life. Congratulations for that ✨
I have some questions :
1. why you choose two magnetic pieces for the tilt risers?
2. What is its autonomy? Is the screen brightness adjustable for consumption?
3. I think I've seen this question before, but I didn't quite understand the answer. Are some keys customizable? For Figma for example?
4. In the end, isn't the screen like the touchbar? It's not tactical right?
5. The color of the "delete" key is not black like your render? 🥲
6. This is the preorder, the price will increase? if yes, how much? Be transparent please 🙌🏻
Have a great day,
Thanks 🙏🏻
Hey! Love the keyboard, beautifully designed. Any details about what the knobs can be programmed to do? Specifically for MacOS?
Also any word on if the keys are remappable via QMK/VIAL?
Congrats, this looks really cool!
Two quick questions:
1) What switches will it come with / be available?
2) Can you share the dimensions, especially thickness?
Thank you and good luck with this!
Congratulations on your launch!! A physical product with careful and clean design really hits different. Thank you for making this ✨
Let’s go! Best looking mechanical keyboard out there. Congrats on making this a reality Ben!
Ben Fryc