Forget boring keyboards, Dirk McGirk has cooked up something far more delicious.
His latest creation is a mechanical cheese board, where every keystroke looks like a bite-sized snack.
Instead of dull plastic keycaps, you get 104 cubes of Swiss-style “cheese,” turning your desk into something that feels more charcuterie spread than office setup.
Naturally, it wouldn’t be a proper cheese board without the extras. Tiny knives, jam jars, a splash of wine, and yes, an itty-bitty mouse, all make cameo appearances across the board.
Lest you think the letters and numbers are totally obscured, the designer carefully arranged the cheese holes to correspond to the general shape of the QWERTY keyboard characters.
It’s equal parts functional keyboard and tongue-in-cheek art piece, poking fun at how seriously we take our tech.
You won’t be grabbing one at Best Buy anytime soon, but McGirk has posted the files for 3D printing on Maker World.
So if spreadsheets have you yawning, why not upgrade to gouda, gruyère, or maybe even gorgonzola? It’s proof that design can be both delightful and ridiculous, and sometimes that’s exactly what we need.
There’s also this charming Swiss Cheese Mono Font by Heirloom, which you can download to make all your writing just a bit more cheesy.
Images via Dirk McGirk
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