Leave, a leaf-shaped fridge magnet designed by Richard Hutten, has been put into production by office furniture manufacturers Gispen.
The plastic leaves were originally designed for the office ceilings of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.
“Since it’s a magnet, you can apply it to any metal surface,” says Hutton. “I did my whole fridge with it. A sort of a bush.”
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Posted by Rose Etherington
March 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Yay!
Petroleum product leaves.
How “green”
March 18th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
That is rad…
The only potential design flaw is that the magnets can notactually weigh down material to metallic surfaces.
I can’t find them on the Gipsen website. But will return.
March 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Nice. If only they were real living leaves. . .photosynthesis and all. . .
March 19th, 2008 at 12:28 am
so cute.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Plastic leaves!!? im sorry, it is seriously & purely rubbish!!
March 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am
very green except the red one
March 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
…….why?
March 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I don’t get it…
March 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
What else? nature in plastic ? algae twigs, leaves?
“The nimble Algue element of bouroullec brother reproduces a delicate branching effect reminiscent of algae twigs. The individual elements are joined together, creating an airy and light structure that can be extended in all directions. The modular character offers many decorative and application possibilities. The amorphous design lets the room divider appear like a growing, natural object.”
March 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
read the comments and this interview :
“What people do you want to be acknowledged by? Do you want the public to say
“Wow, this is the Domoor designed by Richard Hutten”?
I want people to think “Wow, this is a Domoor!”. For me it’s not about people knowing that I designed it.
Do you find it important that people appreciate your products?
Absolutely, because my personal vision is embedded in the design. ”
Richard Hutten
March 19th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Bit kitsch and not poetic like the Bouroullec’s Algae twigs
(per Tokujin Yoshioka http://www.dezeen.com/2008/03/10/bouquet-by-tokujin-yoshioka/)
March 19th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Originally Richard Hutten designed it as the ceiling for the offices of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum. Is somebody has photo of this installation?…Maybe i’s poetic too…
March 19th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
This looks like fun. What a fantastic way to get rid of these awful office ceilings! And the rest. Is it for sale already?
March 19th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
i think it’s like wind in the leaves…. nothing
March 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Where can I buy them? I would like to see a picture of the bottom of the magnet.
March 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pm
are you steel?
March 24th, 2008 at 11:20 pm
They will all look fantastic NEVER decomposing in the landfill they’ll be thrown into a few months after you receive them as an attempted cute little ‘designy’ gift.
March 29th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Wow. Who pissed in everyone’s Cheerios? I don’t get all the faux angst. They are leaf magnets. Get worked up about world hunger or American beer if you’re going to get bent about something.
Cute but seem useless to hold anything anywhere. Plus, with three kids they will end up under the fridge along with the dust and various other magnets only to end up in that landfill Joe mentioned. Oh well. I’ll bet the installation in the museum offices was pretty though.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Vivo in Italia (al Sud); dove posso trovare le vostre foglie? Grazie
March 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
get a life all of you. they’re great. stop hating
April 28th, 2008 at 10:23 am
i would like to purchase the leaves. how do i do it? i couldn’t find it at the site of gispen. dan kanner
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
thanks
July 30th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
I really want to purchase these for a client…please let me know how!
September 12th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
They sell these leaves in a shop at the bergstraat in Eindhoven, the Netherlands
October 27th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Leaves can be purchased on Gispen USA storefront. See link.