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Marcin Wichary
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Marcin Wichary

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Writing a book about the history of keyboards: http://aresluna.org/shift-happens  · Design manager @figmadesign · Typographer · Occasional speaker · He/him

San Francisco, Calif.
Joined October 2009

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    1. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 7 Dec 2017
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      Learning that how I feel *before* writing a chapter can be unrelated to how I feel *while* writing it. Struggled so much with coming up with structure for this one and dreaded it, and yet it is so much fun to write – plus, of course, I completely changed the structure already.pic.twitter.com/9YBC2y5gr4

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      0_O (The perils of being a historian of a young industry. Asked a German institution about the DIN keyboard standards of the early 1980s.)pic.twitter.com/7VTK6I4gHe

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    3. erik spiekermann‏Verified account @espiekermann 8 Dec 2017
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      what do you need from the DIN people? I may know some answers or people. I was around in the 70s

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    4. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Dec 2017
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      Thanks! I’m looking into better understanding of: 1) how 1980s DIN standards shaped the (beige) visual appearance of computers and keyboards, 2) why they succeeded where others failed (they even convinced IBM), and/or 3) which standards precisely were they.

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    5. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 9 Dec 2017
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      I *think* we’re talking about DIN 66234 and DIN ZH1/618, but they’re expensive to buy blindly. Was ZH1/618 what “implemented” 66234? How did it work exactly? Where to find more info?

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    6. Indra Kupferschmid‏ @kupfers 10 Dec 2017
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      It’s concerning size and angle of keyboards but also the colour and surface (semi-matt to matt, between 15–75% reflectance, dark characters on light background)

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      Whoa, do you know this from memory?

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    8. Indra Kupferschmid‏ @kupfers 10 Dec 2017
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      Haha, no, just what ZH1 guidelines are in principle. Then I got interest myself and looked it up. Will send the links.

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    9. Marcin Wichary‏ @mwichary 10 Dec 2017
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      Thanks!!! I believe this pair of documents is what led keyboards from being tall and colorful, to a “low-profile” and beige look – seemingly overnight, and not just in Germany. I want to dig deeper. /cc @espiekermann + @bbccddepic.twitter.com/EWy16QFHtC

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    10. bB‏ @bbccdde 10 Dec 2017
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      Except for the height, I actually quite like the colorful design of earlier machines. At least in a more "industrial" setting. For offices, the flat, plain design language as displayed in the image of the somewhat later model might be a better fit. Interesting theory re history!

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      Even the front height – inherited from typewriters – made sense when desks had special extended lowered surfaces for typewriters. My theory is that people were putting them on regular desks (writing height), and perhaps that was the problem they were trying to solve?pic.twitter.com/epy9FRBTI7

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          Could very well be. Certainly, the more those devices spread, the more they were placed on normal desks as replacement to pen & paper. Who would know such thing? Would think some people involved in creating/motivating that norm. Generally, a flat device seems like the way to go.

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          DIN standard for normal desks was 72 (that was from 1926 when people were smaller) –76cm, for keyboard desks always minus 10cm. Now desks should be adjustable from 74–76cm

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