Yves Béhar
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| Born | 1967 Lausanne,  Switzerland |
| Occupation | Industrial Designer |
Yves Béhar is a designer, entrepreneur,[1] and sustainability advocate. He is the founder of Fuseproject, the San Francisco and New York based design and branding firm he established in 1999.[2]
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[edit] Early life and education
Béhar was born in Lausanne, Switzerland to a German mother and a Turkish father.[3]
He studied industrial design in Europe and the United States, and holds a B.S. in Industrial Design from the Art Center College of Design, California. Since 2005, he has chaired the Industrial Design Department at California College of the Arts.[4]
[edit] Career
Béhar's designs and creative positioning are at work in diverse areas as fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology, for clients such as Herman Miller, PUMA, One Laptop Per Child, Jawbone, MINI, See Better to Learn Better, GE, Swarovski, Samsung, Jimmyjane, and Prada. Béhar is also the co-founder of the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.[5]
Fuseproject was the top winner of the IDSA IDEA/Fast Company awards with 14 winning products in 2010.[6]
[edit] Design Ventures
Béhar is the Chief Creative Officer of the wearable technology company, Jawbone.[7] He designs the Jawbone brand, packaging, communications and products. He designed the JAMBOX, a completely wireless, bluetooth compact audio speaker and also worked on UP, Jawbone's app-powered wristband.[8]
Béhar is a partner in PACT Underwear,[9] an organic underwear company. He also partners with Peel,[10] a company that created an app and hardware to turn mobile devices into universal television remotes. Other investment and partner companies include Mint Cleaner[11], Fanhattan, Mission Motors, Ywater, Equal Media and Herman Miller[12].
In 2009, he collaborated with Ethan Imboden of Jimmyjane on a line of waterproof rechargeable vibrators.[13]
[edit] Civic Works
He is the chief industrial designer of OLPC's XO laptop, signing on with the project in 2005 and has been with the team since March 2006. This collaboration has led to two additional laptop prototypes, the OLPC XOXO and OLPC XO-3[14].
In 2008, Béhar redesigned the NYC Condom logo and packaging, as well as NYC Condom vending machines for the New York City Department of Health as a part of an initiative to reduce HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy.[15]
Béhar designed eyeglasses for the "Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor" program in Mexico to provide eye-care to students. The program free pairs of custom designed glasses throughout Mexico since 2010. In May 2011, Béhar partnered with Tipping Point, a San Francisco based philanthropic organization, who made a pledge to the “See Well to Learn” program, aiming to distribute free pairs of glasses to Bay Area students.[16]
[edit] Recognitions
- Solo museum exhibitions:
- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2004[17]
- The Musée de design et d'arts appliqués contemporains (MUDAC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, 2004[18]
- IDEA Awards 2010: ranked #1 winner with 14 awards in Fast Company[19]
- Treehugger's Best of Green Architecture and Design Awards – Herman Miller SAYL[20] and GE WattStation
- Béhar listed among TIME's Top 25 Visionaries[21]
- Design Museum London Design of the Year for One Laptop Per Child (Brit Insurance 2008 Design Award)[22]
- INDEX award for the OLPC XO laptop[23]and the Ver Bien para Aprender Mejor eyeglass program [24]
- National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum[25]
- Fast Company 2007 Master of Design [26]
- Conde Nast Innovation and Design Awards, 2011: Yves Béhar - Designer of the Year,[27] PUMA Clever Little Bag - Sustainability.
[edit] References
- ^ Nussbaum, Bruce. "Designers are the New Drivers of American Entrepreneurialism". FastCo.Design. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665120/designers-are-the-new-drivers-of-american-entrepreneurialism. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Designer of the Future". SF Chronicle. SF Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/12/LVLP1MHDNR.DTL&ao=all. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "SAYL Chair". Smart Furniture. Smart Furniture. http://www.smartfurniture.com/products/Sayl-Chair/Yves-Behar.html. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Dwell on Design - Yves Behar". Dwell. Dwell. http://www.dwellondesign.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=438&Itemid=226. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Green Product Innovation Institute". Curiosity Counts. Curiosity Counts. http://curiositycounts.com/post/622301727/green-products-innovation-institute-cradle-to-cradle. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "IDSA's IDEA Awards 2010". Fast Company. http://www.fastcodesign.com/idearesults?companyname=fuseproject&op=Search. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Yves Behar: World's 7 Most Important People in Design". Forbes. Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmm45fdgk/yves-behar-is-the-founder-of-fuseproject-and-chief-creative-officer-at-jawbone/. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Yves Behar and Jawbone’s “Up” is an App-Powered Wristband Promoting Healthy Living Read more: Yves Behar and Jawbone’s “Up” is an App-Powered Wristband Promoting Healthy Living". Inhabitat. Inhabitat. http://inhabitat.com/yves-behar-and-jawbone%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cup%E2%80%9D-is-an-app-powered-wristband-promoting-healthy-living/. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "PACT". NotCot. NotCot. http://www.notcot.org/post/24186/. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Peel Turns your iPhone into a universal remote". Engadget. Engagdget. http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/08/peel-turns-your-iphone-into-a-universal-remote-using-a-wirele/. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Mint Cleaner". Apartment Therapy. Apartment Therapy. http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/mint-automatic-floor-cleaner-u-129463. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "SAYL Chair". FastCo Design. FastCo Design. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662448/herman-miller-aims-at-office-depot-with-399-task-chair-by-yves-behar.
- ^ "A New Vibrator by Yves Behar Arouses Our Interest". Fast Company. Fast Company. http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/alissa-walker/designerati/new-vibrator-yves-behar-arouses-our-interest. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "OLPC". FastCo Design. FastCo Design. http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665783/fuseproject-unwraps-the-third-gen-one-laptop-per-child.
- ^ "NYC Condom". Dexigner. Dexigner. http://www.dexigner.com/news/13646. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Tipping Point Gala". SF Chronicle. SF Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/24/DD7E1JK0SQ.DTL. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "SF Moma". MoCo. MoCo. http://mocoloco.com/sanfrancisco/archives/000417.php. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Yves Behar". Design Within Reach. Design Within Reach. http://www.dwr.com/category/designers/a-c/yves-behar.do. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "Yves Behar". Design Indaba. Design Indaba. http://www.designindaba.com/speaker/yves-behar. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "SAYL". Indesign Live. Indesign Live. http://www.indesignlive.com/articles/products/furniture/AIDA-Finalists-Arras-and-SAYL#axzz1lgEPyx2d. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ Van Dyk, Deidre (14 August 2007). "Top 25 Visionaries". Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1647860_1647834_1644317,00.html. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ Higgins, Charlotte (19 March 2008). "Hand-powered laptop for poorer countries wins award". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2008/mar/19/design.art. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "OLPC wins INDEX". Global Literacy Foundation. http://globalliteracy.org/content/olpc-linux-based-laptop-wins-international-design-award. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ^ "Designer Yves Béhar Helps Children of Mexico See Better". Huffington Post. Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-slevin/designer-yves-behar-helps_b_942285.html. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "The Earth Awards". http://www.theearthawards.org/site/yves-behar/.
- ^ "The Power of Design". Cooltown Studios. Cooltown Studios. http://www.cooltownstudios.com/2007/10/17/the-power-of-design-2007. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ^ "Autopia Yves Béhar: European car industry is tragically outdated". Wired UK. Wired UK. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-05/12/yves-behar-on-cars. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
[edit] External links
- All About Yves, Fast Company.
- Feature on Yves Behar, Wired Magazine
