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
Yay!
March 18th, 2008 at 7:51 pmPetroleum product leaves.
How “green”
That is rad…
March 18th, 2008 at 9:03 pmThe 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.
Nice. If only they were real living leaves. . .photosynthesis and all. . .
March 18th, 2008 at 9:06 pmso cute.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:28 amPlastic leaves!!? im sorry, it is seriously & purely rubbish!!
March 19th, 2008 at 12:39 amvery green except the red one
March 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am…….why?
March 19th, 2008 at 9:49 amI don’t get it…
March 19th, 2008 at 12:50 pmWhat else? nature in plastic ? algae twigs, leaves?
March 19th, 2008 at 3:16 pm“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.”
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. ”
March 19th, 2008 at 3:35 pmRichard Hutten
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 4:55 pmOriginally 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 5:54 pmThis 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 8:23 pmi think it’s like wind in the leaves…. nothing
March 19th, 2008 at 10:18 pmWhere can I buy them? I would like to see a picture of the bottom of the magnet.
March 21st, 2008 at 6:26 pmare you steel?
March 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pmThey 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 24th, 2008 at 11:20 pmWow. 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 29th, 2008 at 1:04 amVivo in Italia (al Sud); dove posso trovare le vostre foglie? Grazie
March 30th, 2008 at 2:50 pmget a life all of you. they’re great. stop hating
March 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pmi would like to purchase the leaves. how do i do it? i couldn’t find it at the site of gispen. dan kanner
April 28th, 2008 at 10:23 amthanks
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm