GMK Houhai 后海
Pricing matrix
native currency| VARIANT | LIMITED GB |
|---|---|
| novelties | £82 |
| spacebars | £32 |
| base kits | £125 |
| alphas | £56 |
Vendors
grouped by region · native currency- alphasLimited GB£56↗ open alphas at Prototypist
- base kitsLimited GB£125↗ open base kits at Prototypist
- noveltiesLimited GB£82↗ open novelties at Prototypist
- spacebarsLimited GB£32↗ open spacebars at Prototypist
Price history
append-only · never overwrittenOpen ledger — first seen / last confirmed per row
| VENDOR | VARIANT | STATE | PRICE | FIRST SEEN | LAST CONFIRMED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prototypist | base kits | Limited GB | £125 | 27 Jul 2021 | 27 Jul 2021 |
| Prototypist | novelties | Limited GB | £82 | 27 Jul 2021 | 27 Jul 2021 |
| Prototypist | alphas | Limited GB | £56 | 27 Jul 2021 | 27 Jul 2021 |
| Prototypist | spacebars | Limited GB | £32 | 27 Jul 2021 | 27 Jul 2021 |
Details
Sales
- format: limited gb
- period: July 27, 2021 (GB closed, order pending)
- Expected Shipping time: Q4 2022
Pricing
| kit | gb (USD) | extra / instock |
|---|---|---|
| base - simplified chinese | 139.99 | |
| base - traditional chinese | 139.99 | |
| novelties | 94.99 | |
| alphas - cangjie monolegend | 64.99 | |
| spacebars | 36.99 |
- All kits use Cherry profile, doubleshot ABS legends
- Base kits include 162 pieces with legend options (Cangjie/Latin with Chinese sublegends)
- Novelties kit (36 pieces) features 24 custom molds with 16 color combinations in 7 colors
- One legend in the novelties differs from the original render; see product photography
Vendors
- North America: Cannonkeys (USD)
- Europe: CandyKeys (EUR)
- United Kingdom: ProtoTypist (GBP)
- base kits: £125, novelties: £82, alphas: £56, spacebars: £32
- Canada: Deskhero.ca (CAD)
- Australia: Daily Clack (AUD)
- China: Zfrontier (RMB/USD)
- SE Asia: iLumkb (SGD)
Keycap Details
- Manufactured by GMK
- Profile: Cherry
- Legends: Doubleshot ABS
- Designed by Grundlemere
- Colorways: Custom RAL and GMK stock colors
Description
A sense memory of misspent Beijing nights
In the heart of Beijing, tucked behind the Forbidden City thronged with tourists, and the party compound heavily guarded, there is a small lake. At night this lake comes alive with neon lights piercing the city haze, advertising every pleasure under heaven, plied by pedal boats in the summer and speed skaters in the winter, redolent with the sights, sounds, and smells of the city. They call it Houhai (pron. HOH-high): 后海. In this place, a photo negative of Pleasure Island, the ancient, the modern, and the futuristic live side by side.
GMK Houhai is an ancient-futurist keycap set design inspired by the sights of the Chinese capital at night. Rendered in a mix of custom RAL and GMK stock colors, GMK Houhai evokes the Beijing night sky in a warm, hazy grey, with alpha legends in the fluorescent red of the Chinese city sidewalk reflecting neons after a rain, and modifiers in shades of cobalt, aqua, jade, gold, and clean white that can be found in both the ornate woodwork of historic sites and in the kaleidoscope of city lights.
The GMK Houhai set legends are based around the Cangjie (仓颉) typing system, first among many methods of typing in Chinese using Chinese characters. The set is fully functional for Cangjie typists, as well as Pinyin and Latin character users.
Kits
燕京 Yānjīng (Capital of Swallows) SC base kit — 162 pieces with Simplified Chinese (Beijing) sublegends
琉璃廠 Liúlíchǎng (Culture Street) TC base kit — 162 pieces with Traditional Chinese sublegends
小吃 Xiǎochī (Little Snacks) novelties kit — 36 pieces with seven colors and seven kits of designs featuring famous sights, legendary bites, and urban highlights of Beijing
笔顺 Bǐshùn (Stroke Order) Cangjie monolegend alphas kit — 64 pieces of clean Cangjie monolegend alphas plus Chinese character arrow sets
太空人 Tàikōngrén (Taikonaut) spacebars kit — 15 pieces with multiple colors
Collaborations
RAMA WORKS, Luxe Cables, Destroyer Caps, Landcaps, Mastonon Caps, Sodie Caps, Lo-Ki Caps, Miniworld, rtg caps, Frumpzkeys, Bhomasx Caps, Sway Caps, Hungry Hustlas, Zero Keycaps, A.X Studios, Froueloop, Fraktal Kaps, Rejecks Caps