Yes, Keychron made a concrete keyboard. The cause of scraped knees, bike-tire skid marks, and finger-painted signatures is now the foundation of a keyboard. Just where you'd least expect it.

Unlike the Keychon’s ceramic keyboard, the showcase material here is only the case; the keycaps are standard plastic. And unlike that novelty keyboard, which I found quite disappointing, I’m glad to say the company’s latest keyboard fares better. Maybe it's just because I have a strong affinity for brutalism and the imposing pieces of architecture it spawns.

The drab, slightly-warm gray has a certain depressing charm that few materials can replicate. And underneath the shock value, there’s a genuinely well-made and coherent keyboard. When I first started testing the K2 HE, I would mention it to quite a few people, saying “yeah, I’m actually reviewing a keyboard made of concrete right now,” and every single person would ask to see it.

The very nature of it, something seemingly absurd to the average person, makes it a true conversation piece. The material is often seen as industrial, lacking in taste or refinement and reserved entirely for utilitarian applications where function trumps form. In media, it often serves as a visual shorthand for a soulless world that is devoid of joy and whimsy. Of course, artists and architects love it, and apparently, so do cats.