FORA.tv Speaker - Yves Behar

Yves Behar is the founder of the San Francisco design studio, FUSE Project. Behar is focused on humanistic design and the "giving" element of his profession, with the goal of creating projects that are deeply in-tune with the needs of a sustainable future, connected with human emotions and enable self-expression. For Nicholas Negroponteʼs One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization, fuseproject designed the worldʼs first $100 "XO" laptop aimed at bringing education and technology to the worldʼs poorest children. Yvesʼ commercial projects set out to be equally impactful as exemplified by the Herman Miller LEAF Lamp, the Aliph Jawbone and, most recently, Y Water. Behars work has been the subject of two solo exhibitions and resides in the permanent collections of international museums worldwide, including MOMA and the Musee dʼArt Moderne/Pompidou Center.