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 | Speaker | TED.com
TED2009

Yves Behar: A supercharged motorcycle design

Yves Beharov dizajn motora na superpunjenje

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Yves Behar i Forrest North otkrivaju Mission One, uglađeni, snažni električni motocikl. POkazuju nam svoje slike iz davnog (ali sličnog) djetinjstva koji nam pokazuju kako je suradnja pokrenula njihovo prijateljstvo -- i zajedničke snove.
- 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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ForrestForrest NorthSjever: The beginningpočetak of any collaborationkolaboracija
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Forrest North: Početak svake suradnje
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startspočinje with a conversationrazgovor.
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započinje razgovorom.
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And I would like to sharePodjeli with you
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I želio bih s vama podijeliti
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some of the bitskomadići of the conversationrazgovor that we startedpočeo with.
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neke djeliće razgovora s kojim smo mi započeli.
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I grewrastao up in a logklada cabinkabina in WashingtonWashington statedržava
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Ja sam odrastao u brvnari u državi Washington
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with too much time on my handsruke.
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s previše slobodnog vremena.
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YvesIV BeharBehar: And in scenicslikovit SwitzerlandŠvicarska for me.
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Yves Behar: A ja u slikovitoj Švicarskoj.
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FNFN: I always had a passionstrast for alternativealternativa vehiclesvozila.
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FN: I oduvijek sam imao strast za alternativna vozila.
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This is a landzemljište yachtjahta racingtrkaći acrosspreko the desertpustinja in NevadaNevada.
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Ovo je utrka kopnenim jahtama preko pustinje u Nevadi.
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YBELVIR: CombinationKombinacija of windsurfingjedrenje na dasci and skiingskijanje into this inventionizum there.
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YB: A ovo je kombinacija jedrenja na dasci i skijanja.
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FNFN: And I alsotakođer had an interestinteres in dangerousopasno inventionsizumi.
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FN: Također su me zanimali opasni pronalasci.
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This is a 100,000-volt-volt TeslaTesla coilnamotaj
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Ovo je Teslina zavojnica od 100,000 Volti
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that I builtizgrađen in my bedroomspavaća soba,
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koju sam izgradio u svojoj sobi,
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much to the dismayUžas of my mothermajka.
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na veliki užas moje majke.
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YBELVIR: To the dismayUžas of my mothermajka,
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YB: Na užas moje majke,
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this is dangerousopasno teenagetinejdžerski fashionmoda right there.
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ovo ovdje je opasna adolescentska moda.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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FNFN: And I broughtdonio this all togetherzajedno,
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FN: I spojio sam sve to zajedno,
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this passionstrast with alternativealternativa energyenergija and racedTrk a solarsolarni carautomobil acrosspreko AustraliaAustralija --
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tu strast prema alternativnoj energiji. I utrkivao se automobilom na sunčev pogon po Australiji.
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alsotakođer the U.S. and JapanJapan.
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Također po SAD-u i Japanu.
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YBELVIR: So, windvjetar powervlast, solarsolarni powervlast -- we had a lot to talk about.
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YB: Dakle, snaga vjetra, snaga sunca, imali smo o mnogo čemu razgovarati.
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We had a lot that got us exciteduzbuđen.
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Imali smo puno toga što nas je uzbuđivalo.
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So we decidedodlučio to do a specialposeban projectprojekt togetherzajedno.
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Tako smo odlučili zajedno napraviti specijalni projekt.
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To combinekombinirati engineeringinženjering and designdizajn and ...
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Spojiti inženjering i dizajn i...
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FNFN: Really make a fullypotpuno integratedintegriran productproizvod, something beautifullijep.
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FN: Stvarno napraviti potpuno integrirani proizvod, nešto prekrasno.
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YBELVIR: And we madenapravljen a babydijete.
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YB: I tako smo napravili bebu.
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(LaughterSmijeh)
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(Smijeh)
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FNFN: Can you bringdonijeti out our babydijete?
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FN: Možete li dovesti našu bebu?
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(ApplausePljesak)
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(Pljesak)
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This babydijete is fullypotpuno electricelektrični.
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Ova beba je u potpunosti električna.
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It goeside 150 milesmilja an hoursat.
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Ide preko 240 km/h.
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It's twicedvaput the rangeopseg of any electricelektrični motorcyclemotorcikl.
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To je dvostruko više od bilo kojeg drugog električnog motora.
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Really the excitinguzbudljiv thing about a motorcyclemotorcikl
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Stvarno uzbudljiva stvar kod motora
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is just the beautifullijep integrationintegracija of engineeringinženjering and designdizajn.
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jest da su prekrasan spoj inženjerstva i dizajna.
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It's got an amazingnevjerojatan userkorisnik experienceiskustvo.
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Imaju zadivljujuće korisničko iskustvo.
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It was wonderfulpredivan workingrad with YvesIV BeharBehar.
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Bilo je prekrasno raditi s Yves Beharom.
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He camedošao up with our nameime and logologo. We're MissionMisija MotorsMotori.
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On je smislio naše ime i logo. Mi smo Mission Motori.
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And we'veimamo only got threetri minutesminuta,
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Dali su nam samo tri minute.
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but we could talk about it for hourssati.
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A mogli bismo o tome pričati satima.
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YBELVIR: Thank you.
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YB: Hvala vam.
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FNFN: Thank you TEDTED. And thank you ChrisChris, for havingima us.
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FN: Hvala TED. Hvala Chris, što si nas pozvao.
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(Pljesak)
Translated by Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG
Reviewed by Predrag Pale

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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