Product Story - The striking Leaf light puts the
control in your hands—actually, in your fingertips. To adjust
the intensity or change the light color from warm to cool,
just slide a finger along a groove in the lamp base. And
even though it's LED lighting, it isn't hot to the touch.
We solved that problem, so you can position Leaf for task
lighting, fold it to create ambient light, or straighten
the arms for dramatic wall lighting. Without burning your
fingers.
Design Story - "Leaf is designed to give the user
a full spectrum of choices to express light's magical and
sensory variations," says designer Yves Béhar. "It allows
the human senses to become engaged by allowing the user
to choose the intensity and color of light which best suits
a functional need, mood or location." Béhar is a terrific
example of a designer who understands the mix of problem-solving
and creativity necessary to make genuinely better products.
We collaborated with Béhar's San Francisco-based studio,
fuseproject, in both engineering and design to produce a
genuinely better lamp.
"Leaf is designed to give the user a full spectrum of
choices to express light's magical and sensory variations,"
says designer Yves Béhar. "It allows the human senses to
become engaged by allowing the user to choose the intensity
and color of light which best suits a functional need, mood
or location." Béhar is a terrific example of a designer
who understands the mix of problem-solving and creativity
necessary to make genuinely better products. We collaborated
with Béhar's San Francisco-based studio, fuseproject, in
both engineering and design to produce a genuinely better
lamp. First, it's incredibly efficient. Leaf's 20 LEDs use
40% less energy than a 13-watt compact fluorescent bulb.
And Leaf manages the heat produced by LEDs in a completely
new way, so that a motorized fan—usually required to dissipate
intense LED heat—isn't necessary. The Leaf LEDs stay cool
to the touch through the use of a patent-pending heat distribution
system. Small wonder, then, that Leaf has received numerous
awards and been included in the permanent collections of
museums worldwide, including the Musée National D'Art Moderne/Centre
Pompidou, Paris; MoMA,-New York; and The Art Institute of
Chicago.
It was also chosen by TIME Magazine as one of the Best
Inventions of 2007, which defined the selected products
as "the coolest stuff from the most innovative minds in
the world." Managing Editor Richard Stengel added, "When
you're dealing with complex technology, you can't overestimate
the importance of good, clean design." Leaf was included
on the basis of its energy efficiency and sleek design.
Distinctive Profile - It looks like nothing else—except
maybe a large leaf. Its thin aluminum blades produce the
elegant profile, which give the light a sculptural, organic
form. Choose from several colors to coordinate with a variety
of settings.
Be Cool to the Touch - LED lights usually become
too hot to touch. We solved the problem without the usual
fan and with a proprietary, continuous heat-dissipation
system. The result is a light that works more efficiently
and that you can touch anywhere.
Earth-Friendly - Developed using our Design for
the Environment protocol, Leaf uses less of the world's
resources to give better light. Its 20 light-emitting diodes
consume only 8 to 9 watts of power, about 40% less than
compact fluorescent lights. And it sheds full light for
a minimum of 60,000 hours, about eight times longer than
conventional light sources. Leaf is made of 37% recycled
materials and is up to 95% recyclable at the end of its
useful life.
