Why Choose Between "Playful" and "Practical"?
Desks today are hijacked by cookie-cutter office tools. But we're a bunch of overgrown kids who grew up on Gundam and LEGOs. To us, gear isn't just cold metal—it's an extension of power, a playable mech for your desk.
We were tired of our desks being torn in two: clunky "hardcore gear" on one side, and boring "minimalist tools" on the other. Why must we choose between "playful" and "practical"?
We refused to settle. So, we decided to bring the fun back.
2018 | Aurora 96: Forged from Passion Our First Keyboard
"If the market doesn't have it, we make it."
Disappointed by every 96% keyboard out there, we spent 293 days and 15 prototypes forging our own. "Aurora" means northern lights—named after the signature 22-LED RGB strip that flows across the front like an aurora on your desk. Aurora was born purely for the love of the layout—no market trends, no business plans. Just a player's unyielding passion to build something uncompromising.
2020 | Manda: Building a Factory for 0.5mm
"THIS IS THE WAY."
Named after the Mandalorian creed—"THIS IS THE WAY." If Aurora was about passion, Manda was about principle: once you start, you finish it right.
We spent 8 months building our own factory from scratch. Yet, when the first 200 Manda aluminum cases warped by a mere 0.5mm, we tossed them straight into the scrap bin. Three months of effort and 200 finished cases, gone.
Madness? Maybe. But looking at the final, flawless Manda, we knew trading a factory's effort for one perfect keyboard was entirely worth it.
2023 | MANDA 2.0 & TAKU: Madness or Mastery?
MANDA 2.0 returned as a ground-up evolution, packing a modular interaction system with fingerprint and trackpad modules. It's no longer just a keyboard; it's a command center.
Meanwhile, our delayed TAKU project wasn't living up to our standards anymore. Our fix? We unblinkingly scrapped over 1,000 fully machined cases and started over. If a design isn't good enough to show the world, it dies in our hands.
Costs skyrocketed, but our promised price didn't change a cent. It makes zero business sense, but it makes perfect NAPE sense.
2026 | The NAPE Evolution: Rebuilding the Playground
From a "studio of overgrown kids" to a fully-fledged hardware company, our title has changed, but our refusal to compromise hasn't.
We are hungry to share our wild, uncompromising designs with anyone tired of a boring routine. We want to bring the click-clack logic of blocks, the mecha aesthetics, and the warmth of a real toy back to your desk.
Pleasing. Playful. Practical. Snap it. Swap it. Reshape it.
Let’s build an inspiration space that never powers down.
