<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.remain-silent.com/cm/kewlstuff/scholtenbaijings-veg.jpg" alt="scholten and baijings" width="420" height="420" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">'vegetables' by <a href="http://www.scholtenbaijings.com/#Product">scholten &amp; baijings</a></span></p>

I love fresh fruit n fresh veg and I hate fake plastic fruit n veg because I find them sneaky and deceptive { yes, I have issues }. But I was pleasantly surprised by the work of <a href="http://www.scholtenbaijings.com">Scholten and Baijings</a> - coined  a 'fabric trompe l'oeil' by Gerrit Komrij. 

When I first saw the stalks of the rhubarb and leaves of the artichoke I took them as real; it was only when I noticed a certain softness to the texture that the ruse was up! And a very smart ruse it is, perhaps a reaction to politician's occasional call for Dutch design to assume a greater role in promoting export or maybe a commentary on just how 'real' our produce is or is not.

Either way these talented designers know how to make a leafy green look, well, leafy. Check out more of Scholten and Baijings work <a href="http://www.scholtenbaijings.com/#Product">here</a>. 

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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">artichoke and cabbage image via <a href="http://www.scholtenbaijings.com/#Product">scholten &amp; baijings</a></span></p>

<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" style="border: 0pt none;" src="http://www.remain-silent.com/cm/kewlstuff/scholtenbaijings-veg02.jpg" alt="scholten baijungs rhubarb" width="420" height="280" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">rhubarb image via <a href="http://www.scholtenbaijings.com/#Product">scholten & baijings</a></span></p>
