GMK Houhai Deskmats

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, and will be the first GMK set produced with full Chinese character legends. Rendered in custom RAL colors, GMK Houhai (pron. HOH-high) 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.

DETAILS

• Treated Cloth top
  
• Stitched edges
  
• Rubber bottom
  
• Designed by Grundlemere
• 900x400x4mm and ~800g
• Machine washable (wash on cold/gentle - air dry)

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DISCLAIMER

The images shown are used for illustrative purposes only. While we aim to accurately estimate and reproduce colours, there may be minor variations in the colour of the actual product because of the nature of dyes, environmental lighting, and differences in display output due to lighting and digital photography and colour settings and capabilities of monitors.