Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta by Sho Okura is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Ario in Mamanu Komepiuta Competition Category.

ArioKomepiuta· 2026

Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta

by Sho Okura

Client: Sho Okura

A' Design Award Ario Winner in Komepiuta Category

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The Design

About Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta

O le Keen o se piano fa'akomepiuta na fuafuaina mo galuega tau ofisa e mana'omia ai le fesuia'i so'o i le va o le tu'uina o numera ma le pulea o le isumu. O le vaega o ki numera ua tu'u i le itu tauagavale, ma o le vaega tauagavale e mulimuli i le fa'atulagaga o le fa'aogaina o le lima tauagavale. O lenei fa'atulagaga e mafai ai e le lima taumatau ona tumau i luga o le isumu ma fa'aitiitia ai le gaoioi o lima. O ki ua vaneina fa'alapotopoto e fetaui lelei ma tumutumu o tamatamailima, a'o ki mafolafola e fa'ailoga ai ki ua filifilia mo le taina e aunoa ma le va'ai i ai. E fa ki fa'atino e mafai ona fa'atulaga e le tagata lava ia. O le pisa o le taina o ki e tumau i le va o le 25 ma le 30 tesipela.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ario

O le A' Design Award Ario na manumalo ai Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu sili ona lelei, matagofie ma mataʻutia. O ē manumalo i le Ario o galuega susulu tele ma fatufatuaʻi e faaalia ai le poto, le taleni ma le atamai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta e avea ma galuega matagofie, o se fesuiaiga mo isi, e iloga i le tomai faapolofesa ma mea fou loloto. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Ario o se mea e iloga, ua mataʻina e aogā ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Keen Piano Fa'akomepiuta o se mea e fiafia i ai le toatele, e fafagu ai manaʻoga, aumaia ai lagona lelei ma tupu ai le ofo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The keyboard, by redefining traditional keyboard layouts, offers a more efficient solution for office users who require frequent switches between number input and mouse control. It relocates the numeric keypad to the left side, and fully optimizes the layout and functionality of the left hand side, facilitating easy switches among keys so that the right hand can focus on mouse control. Differentiated keycaps, a low noise design, and an antibacterial material further ensure comfort and health.
Dimensions & Packaging: 25*388*96mm
Tags: Layout Optimization of Left Hand Side, Innovative Left Side Numeric Keypad, Customized Function Keys, Differentiated Keycaps , Low Noise
Production Technology: The spherical keycaps with a concave surface closely fit the fingertips to offer a more comfortable and natural typing experience. Certain keys boast a flat keycap to set them apart from those with a spherical one, assisting users in blind operation for improved efficiency. Moreover, the keycaps are specially added with antibacterial silver ions to effectively inhibit bacterial growth, hygienic and safe.
Design Challenge: The challenge was how to better serve efficient office workers like programmers and financial personnel. This product, taking into account the operating habits and input logic of the left hand, fully optimizes the left hand side and cleverly relocates the numeric keypad to the left side so that the right hand can focus on mouse control, ensuring the coordinated work of two hands. The frequently used symbol keys are ingeniously rearranged, potentially doubling working efficiency.
Research: Traditional keyboards are not friendly for users who require frequent switches between the numeric keypad and the mouse with the right hand, often causing wrist fatigue and shoulder or neck stiffness. The left hand side with scattered function keys leads to low switching efficiency. This product, prioritizing ergonomics and efficiency, enables the left hand for number input and the right hand for mouse control. This minimizes unnecessary movements and ensures smooth operation for efficient work.
Inspiration: With a user centered approach, the keyboard relocates the numeric keypad to the left side, and adopts an innovative layout based on the operating habits and input logic of the left hand. This allows the right hand to focus on mouse control, and reduces hand movements and key switches, thus enhancing working efficiency. Considering user health, the product minimizes keystroke noise while ensuring typing comfort, eliminating noise interference to create a quiet, comfortable working environment.
Project Duration: The project started in Japan in May 2023. The product was launched in Japan in June 2025.
Operation Flow: The keyboard features four customized function keys for common shortcuts, contributing to convenient office work and meeting individual needs of users.
The product, with an inclination of minus 6 degrees, perfectly fits the natural curve of the wrists of the user during operation, enhancing comfort of use.
The optimized switch structure reduces keystroke noise to a range from 25 dB to 30 dB while ensuring typing comfort, greatly eliminating noise interference.
Team Members: Okura sho