Yves Behar has had a hand in designing an amazing range of products, many of which you may know or own. From the stylish Roomba like Mint to the Le Cube TV receiver, the One Laptop Per Child XO Laptop, Slingbox, Jawbone ICON, Herman Miller Leaf Lamp, and Swarovski Amplify, the list goes on and on. In his work, Béhar respects society's need for a sustainable future and also takes on projects that create a better future for all.
Founder of FuseProject, a San Francisco based design agency, Yves Behar has worked with clients including Birkenstock, BMW's MINI, Herman Miller, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Nike, and Toshiba. The studio takes a long-term, strategic approach to developing and enhancing brands and also aims to develop the most efficient ways of producing their designs including packaging and communication materials. Their respect for sustainability begins with design but follows through all the way down to the customer experience, with the end goal of a green and complete Cradle to Cradle solution.
Here are some of Yves Behar and FuseProject designs:
TOP ROW (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT):
- Yves Behar himself
- The Le Cube TV receiver designed for French cable channel Canal +
- Activision DJ Hero video game controller
- The Emanon spotlight designed for German lighting tool company Erco.
- The Fly bench designed for Bernhardt as part of the Global Edition furniture
BOTTOM ROW (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT):
- The C furniture Collection for Hickory Business Furniture
- Herman Miller Leaf Lamp
- The Mint automatic floor-cleaning appliance
- Swarovski Amplify paper crystal lamps
- The Slingbox Personal Broadcaster
(Images:FuseProject)
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The Dj thingie is awesome and that bench is beautiful. It's simple and I can easily see used in both home and public applications. But I believe a products design should somewhat resemble its function. That it intuitively tells the user "Hey, I'm a lamp press here to turn me on" or "Hey, I'm a TV whats-it this is what I'm good for" Ignoring this is going from the realm of product design into fetish making.
isn't this guy Balkie from Perfect Strangers:
http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/perfect-strangers.jpg
@ Comicgeek - I agree with you about fetish making in design. ultimately however design has become so image focused and aestheticized that almost everything is on some level disassociated from it's context and made superficial. while the idea of form resembling function seems like an out, since it relies on function to decide the form, that still ends up being a "style" and therefore an aesthetic... and ultimately just another fetishized image.
with all that said you are on target to both applaud and critique Béhar. The think what is inescapable in his work is that it ultimately becomes about form, ornament, and image - the most superficial aspects of design. The work is more decorative than anything else, so it's really an ornament for a proscribed (or aspired to) lifestyle. It does not mean it's bad, but it's not good either. It's very calculated as a commodity for consumption and image.
He is dreamy!