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
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Yves Behar: A supercharged motorcycle design

La superpova motorcikla dizajno de Yves Behar

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Yves Behar kaj Forrest North prezentas "Mission One", brila kaj pova elektra motorciklo. Ili montras bildojn el malproksimaj (tamen similaj) infanaĝoj, kiuj montras kiel kunlaborado startigis ilian amikecon -- kaj kundividitajn revojn.
- 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. Full bio

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Forrest North: The beginning of any collaboration
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Forrest Nort: La komenco de kiu ajn kunlaborado
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starts with a conversation.
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And I would like to share with you
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Kaj mi ŝatus kundividi kun vi
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some of the bits of the conversation that we started with.
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erojn de la konversacio, el kiu ni komencis.
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I grew up in a log cabin in Washington state
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Mi kreskis en ligna kabano en ŝtato Vaŝingtonio
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with too much time on my hands.
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kun abundo da tempo.
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Yves Behar: And in scenic Switzerland for me.
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Yves Behar: Kaj mi en la pitoreska Svislando.
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FN: I always had a passion for alternative vehicles.
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FN: Mi ĉiam rigardis alternativajn veturilojn kun pasio.
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This is a land yacht racing across the desert in Nevada.
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Jen tera jaĥto trakuranta la dezerton en Nevado.
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YB: Combination of windsurfing and skiing into this invention there.
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YB: Kunigo de ventosurfado kaj skiado en tiu ĉi inventaĵo.
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FN: And I also had an interest in dangerous inventions.
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FN: Kaj mi interesiĝis ankaŭ pri danĝeraj inventaĵoj.
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This is a 100,000-volt Tesla coil
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Jen 100-milvolta bobeno de Tesla
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that I built in my bedroom,
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kiun, mi faris en mia dormĉambro,
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much to the dismay of my mother.
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por la bedaŭro de mia patrino.
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YB: To the dismay of my mother,
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YB: Por la bedaŭro de mia patrino,
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this is dangerous teenage fashion right there.
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jen danĝera adoleskanta modo.
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(Laughter)
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(Ridoj)
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FN: And I brought this all together,
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FN: Kaj mi kunportis tion,
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this passion with alternative energy and raced a solar car across Australia --
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tiun pasion kun alternativa energio kaj mi pilotis sunaŭtomobilon tra Aŭstralio --
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also the U.S. and Japan.
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ankaŭ en Usono kaj Japanio.
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YB: So, wind power, solar power -- we had a lot to talk about.
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YB: Do vento-energio, sunenergio -- ni havis multon por prirakonti.
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We had a lot that got us excited.
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Ni havis multon por entuziasmiĝi.
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So we decided to do a special project together.
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Tiam ni decidis kune realigi specialan projekton.
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To combine engineering and design and ...
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Kombini inĝenierarton kaj dizajnon kaj...
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FN: Really make a fully integrated product, something beautiful.
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FN: Vere fari plene integritan produkton, ion belan.
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YB: And we made a baby.
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YB: Kaj ni faris bebon.
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(Laughter)
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FN: Can you bring out our baby?
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FN: Ĉu vi envenigu nian bebon?
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(Applause)
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(Aplaŭdoj)
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This baby is fully electric.
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Tiu ĉi bebo estas plene elektra.
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It goes 150 miles an hour.
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Ĝi atingas 240 km (150 mejlojn) hore.
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It's twice the range of any electric motorcycle.
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Ĝi havas la duoblon de aŭtonomio kompare al kiu ajn elektra motorciklo.
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Really the exciting thing about a motorcycle
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La plej admirinda afero en iu motorciklo
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is just the beautiful integration of engineering and design.
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estas ĝuste la bela integriĝo inter inĝenierarto kaj dizajno.
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It's got an amazing user experience.
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Estis nekredebla sperto en la uzado.
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It was wonderful working with Yves Behar.
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Estis mirinde labori kun Yves Behar.
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He came up with our name and logo. We're Mission Motors.
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Li elpensis nian nomon kaj logotipo. Ni estas Mission Motors.
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And we've only got three minutes,
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Kaj ni ricevis nur tri minutojn,
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but we could talk about it for hours.
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sed ni povus paroli pri ĝi dum horoj.
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YB: Thank you.
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YB: Dankon.
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FN: Thank you TED. And thank you Chris, for having us.
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FN: Dankon, TED. Kaj dankon al vi, Chris, por akcepti nin.
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Translated by James Piton
Reviewed by Stéphane Brault

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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