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At first glance, the GIA looks like it time-traveled from a 1960s Italian design studio, stopped briefly in 2026 to pick up some modern tech, and landed on your desk with a personality. The inspiration comes from Olivetti typewriters, those gorgeous mechanical machines that made office work feel like an art form. Remember when tools had character? When objects didn't just function but made you feel something? That's what Bedrina is tapping into here.
I want to revisit the age old question about "button placement", to see how UX may have shifted, and how the technology we have now may have changed the way we consume content. And how that, in turn, impacts how buttons and UI elements are placed. If we read from left to right, where should the primary button go: left or right?
With a cultlike following and a fairly simple construction, it can be easy to assume that these keyboards aren't worth the high price-and they aren't for most people. However, the HHKB brings something unique to the table: A design that has been refined over the years, creating an out-of-the-box experience that can't be improved. In an age of planned obsolescence and enshittification, a mechanical keyboard like this is hard to find.
Naya, the brand that makes split keyboards and out-of-the-box computing accessories, just announced the latest product in its lineup: a low-profile modular keyboard it's calling the Naya Connect. After launching on Kickstarter, Naya told me the plan is to list the device on the brand's official website once the crowdfunding had met its numbers. Naya's previous Create product -- its modular split keyboard -- was funded this same way and became available on the site after being crowdfunded.