Giant keyboard art in Shenzhen metro station offers tech-friendly seating

If you're at the Shenzhen Metro station any time soon, you'll unlikely happen across the beautiful, beautiful sight above. The station -- which is in Shenzhen just north of Hong Kong -- has installed some keyboard art that really speaks to the typist in our souls -- we even type in our dreams occasionally. The keys function as seats to relax in while you wait for your train, though why they chose the keys they chose (Enter, M, <, L, P and ;) is anybody's guess.

[Via Engadget Chinese]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 5:54PM]

The logical choice would be to use the Pause/Break key.

[Rainier Posted Apr 23rd 2009 6:05PM]

I'd like to see a mouse scroll wheel variation, and then watch someone sit on it and roll right off!

[Wesscoast Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:29PM]

The funny thing is the Chinese would sit on it..fall off... sit on it..fall off... sit on it..fall off... sit on it..fall off... sit on it..fall off... sit on it..fall off...

Hours and hours of entertainment.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:07PM]

Shenzhen and Hong Kong Metros are defintely more than arts.
If you ever been there, you will be impressed.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:08PM]

By the way, it's been there for years...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2009 9:48AM]

I am there, since 4 years, please show me the "more than arts" part.


It is ok "technologically", and user friendly (but people ruin it with their behaviour), but still no art. Go to Paris, you will see real Art in metro, even if it's old.

[Stapyhlococcus Posted Apr 23rd 2009 9:37PM]

I honestly wouldn't even know they were seats...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 23rd 2009 11:32PM]

lol.. first time seeing something about my city..
.. and being so positive,,
not some thing about pirate/fake product..

; )

[Blacknimbus Posted Apr 23rd 2009 11:56PM]

All I know is there there is probably a nice British woman telling everyone over and over again to "Mind the gap" and "Please use the handrail".

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2009 2:11AM]

The keys have been there for months.

This is way too slow, engadget.

[Dan Fruzzetti Posted Apr 24th 2009 4:54AM]

that's "mwnl" in Dvorak if thought of one way, or "m,xpr"

[feraligatr8 Posted Apr 24th 2009 6:38AM]

awwww! that's so cool!