ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yves Behar - Designer
Yves Behar has produced some of the new millennium's most coveted objects, like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, and the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child.

Why you should listen

Over the past decade, Yves Behar and his firm fuseproject have become the design group that companies turn to for a game-changing idea. Take the re-invention of the Bluetooth headset, for one; or the re-envigoration of the venerable but dowdy Birkenstock line; or Behar's LED-chic Leaf lamp for Herman Miller.

And yes, Behar and fuseproject are the people who put the green bunny ears on the XO laptop -- and are redesigning the next-gen XOXO laptop due in 2010. This quirky but deeply felt project encapsulates much of his recent work, fusing gotta-have-it design with a mission of social responsibility.

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Yves Behar: A supercharged motorcycle design

Yves Behars super-tunede motorcykel design

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Yves Behar og Forrest North præsenterer 'Mission One' en elegant, kraftfuld elektrisk motorcykel. De viser lysbilleder fra fjerne (og dog lignende) barndomme, der viser hvordan samarbejde kick-startede deres venskab og deres delte drømme.
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ForrestForrest NorthNord: The beginningstarten of any collaborationsamarbejde
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Forrest North: Begyndelsen på ethvert samarbejde
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startsstarter with a conversationsamtale.
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starter med en samtale.
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And I would like to sharedel with you
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Og jeg vil gerne dele med jer
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some of the bitsbits of the conversationsamtale that we startedstartede with.
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nogle dele af den samtale som vi startede med.
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I grewvoksede up in a loglog cabinkabine in WashingtonWashington statestat
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Jeg voksede op i en bjælkehytte i staten Washington
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with too much time on my handshænder.
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med for megen fritid
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YvesYves BeharBehar: And in scenicnaturskønne SwitzerlandSchweiz for me.
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Yves Behar: Og jeg i det maleriske Schweiz.
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FNFN: I always had a passionpassion for alternativealternativ vehicleskøretøjer.
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FN: Jeg har altid haft en lidenskab for alternative køretøjer.
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This is a landjord yachtYacht racingvæddeløb acrosset kors the desertørken in NevadaNevada.
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Det her er en land-lystbåd, der suser gennem ørkenen i Nevada.
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YBYB: CombinationKombination of windsurfingwindsurfing and skiingstå på ski into this inventionopfindelse there.
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YB: Kombinationen af vindsurfing og skiløb indgik i denne opfindelse.
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FNFN: And I alsoogså had an interestinteresse in dangerousfarligt inventionsopfindelser.
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FN: Jeg havde også en interesse for farlige opfindelser.
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This is a 100,000-volt-volt TeslaTesla coilspole
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Dette her er en 100.000-volt Tesla spole
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that I builtbygget in my bedroomsoveværelse,
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som jeg byggede på mit soveværelse,
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much to the dismayfortrydelse of my mothermor.
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til min mors store utilfredshed.
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YBYB: To the dismayfortrydelse of my mothermor,
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YB: Til stor utilfredshed for min mor
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this is dangerousfarligt teenageteenage fashionmode right there.
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har vi farlig teenage mode lige her.
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(LaughterLatter)
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(Latter)
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FNFN: And I broughtbragt this all togethersammen,
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FN: Og jeg bragte alt det her sammen,
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this passionpassion with alternativealternativ energyenergi and racedkørte a solarsol carbil acrosset kors AustraliaAustralien --
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denne lidenskab for alternativ energi. Og kørte en soldreven bil tværs over Australien.
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alsoogså the U.S. and JapanJapan.
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Og gennem USA og Japan.
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YBYB: So, windvind powerstrøm, solarsol powerstrøm -- we had a lot to talk about.
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YB: Så vindkraft, solkraft, vi havde meget at snakke om.
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We had a lot that got us excitedbegejstret.
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Vi havde meget, der begejstrede os.
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So we decidedbesluttede to do a specialsærlig projectprojekt togethersammen.
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Så vi besluttede at lave et særligt projekt sammen.
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To combineforene engineeringingeniørarbejde and designdesign and ...
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At kombinere ingeniørkunst og design og ...
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FNFN: Really make a fullyfuldt ud integratedintegreret productprodukt, something beautifulsmuk.
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FN: Virkelig lave et helt integreret produkt, noget smukt.
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YBYB: And we madelavet a babybaby.
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YB: Og vi fik et barn.
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FNFN: Can you bringtage med out our babybaby?
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FN: Vil du hente vores baby herud?
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(Klapsalve)
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This babybaby is fullyfuldt ud electricelektrisk.
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Denne baby er fuldstændig elektrisk.
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It goesgår 150 milesmiles an hourtime.
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Den kører ca. 241 km. (150 miles) i timen.
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It's twiceto gange the rangerækkevidde of any electricelektrisk motorcyclemotorcykel.
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Det er dobbelt så meget som nogen anden elektrisk motorcykel.
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Really the excitingspændende thing about a motorcyclemotorcykel
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Det virkelig spændende ved en motorcykel
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is just the beautifulsmuk integrationintegration of engineeringingeniørarbejde and designdesign.
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er bare den smukke integrering af ingeniørkunst og design.
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It's got an amazingfantastiske userbruger experienceerfaring.
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Den giver en fantastisk bruger-oplevelse.
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It was wonderfulvidunderlig workingarbejder with YvesYves BeharBehar.
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Det har være pragtfuldt at arbejde med Yves Behar.
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He camekom up with our namenavn and logologo. We're MissionMission MotorsMotorer.
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Han fandt på vores navn og logo. Vi er "Mission Motors".
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And we'vevi har only got threetre minutesminutter,
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Og vi har kun tre minutter.
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but we could talk about it for hourstimer.
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Men vi kunne tale om det i timevis
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YBYB: Thank you.
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YB: Mange tak.
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FNFN: Thank you TEDTED. And thank you ChrisChris, for havingat have us.
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FN: Mange tak, TED. Og tak til dig Chris, for at have os på besøg
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Translated by Lars Broslet
Reviewed by Solveig Vendelbo

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Yves Behar - Designer
Yves Behar has produced some of the new millennium's most coveted objects, like the Leaf lamp, the Jawbone headset, and the XO laptop for One Laptop per Child.

Why you should listen

Over the past decade, Yves Behar and his firm fuseproject have become the design group that companies turn to for a game-changing idea. Take the re-invention of the Bluetooth headset, for one; or the re-envigoration of the venerable but dowdy Birkenstock line; or Behar's LED-chic Leaf lamp for Herman Miller.

And yes, Behar and fuseproject are the people who put the green bunny ears on the XO laptop -- and are redesigning the next-gen XOXO laptop due in 2010. This quirky but deeply felt project encapsulates much of his recent work, fusing gotta-have-it design with a mission of social responsibility.

More profile about the speaker
Yves Behar | Speaker | TED.com