Yves Behar

Yves Behar

Yves Behar is an Industrial designer and founder of the design company Fuseproject founded in 1999. He has worked for frogdesign and Lunar Design where he has developed products for Apple and Hewlett Packard. He has also done design work for other major companies like Nike, Microsoft, Mini Cooper and many more. Recently he was the Chief Designer of OLPC's XO Laptop.

Fast Facts

Leading figure in industrial design
Born in Switzerland
Studied industrial design in Europe and the United States
Started career developing products for Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Silicone Graphics
Designed a chandelier that is in JFK Airport
Designed the popular cell phone headset the Jawbone
Winner of Time Magazine Best Invention award in 2001

Quotes

"Great design is a way to tell people that you value them."
"I believe design's purpose is not only to show us the future, but to bring us the future."
"Advertising is the price you pay for being unoriginal."

Categories

Science and Technology News | Business News | Technology | People in Tech

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Yves Behar Information

Official Site: Fuseproject
Wikipedia: Yves Behar
FastCompany.com: All About Yves
Designboom: Yves Buéhar
Ere.net: The Seven Axioms of Yves Behar

Yves Behar News

Google News: Yves Behar
Dexigner: Get Some: NYC Condom Campaign by Yves Behar (February 17, 2008)
Interior Design: Yves Béhar Water Bottles Double as Toys (February 4, 2008)
The New Yorker: Design: 2012: Yves Behar Interview (May 7th, 2007)
Wired: The Laptop Crusade (August 2006)
Business Week: The Brand Wizard: Yves Behar (August 1, 2005)
FastCompany.com: Masters of Design: Yves Behar (June 2004)

Yves Behar Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Yves Behar
DLD: Yves Behar (January 28, 2008)
OLPC News: One INDEX Award Per XO Laptop Design Team (August 27, 2007)
Inhabitat: Interview: Yves Behar on Sustainability (June 7, 2007)

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