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
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Yves Behar: A supercharged motorcycle design

Yves Beharov nabitý motoristický dizajn

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Yves Behar a Forrest North odhaľujú Mission One, pohľadnú a silnú elektrickú motorku. Zdieľajú fotografie vzdialeného (a predsa podobného) detstva, ktoré ukazujú, ako ich spolupráca iniciovala ich priateľstvo -- a tak zdieľajú svoje sny.
- Designer
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ForrestForrest NorthNorth: The beginningzačiatok of any collaborationspolupráca
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Forrest North: Každá spolupráca
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startszačína with a conversationkonverzácia.
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začína rozhovorom.
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And I would like to sharezdieľam with you
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A rád by som sa s vami podelil
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some of the bitsbity of the conversationkonverzácia that we startedzahájená with.
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o pár vecí, s ktorými sme začali.
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I grewrástol up in a logzáznam cabinkabína in WashingtonWashington statestáť
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Vyrastal som v zrube v štáte Washington
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with too much time on my handsruky.
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a mal som plno voľného času.
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YvesYves BeharBehar: And in scenicscénické SwitzerlandŠvajčiarsko for me.
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Yves Behar: Ja som vyrastal v pohľadnom Švajčiarsku.
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FNFN: I always had a passionvášeň for alternativealternatívne vehiclesvozidlá.
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FN: Vždy som vášnivo zbožňoval alternatívne dopravné prostriedky.
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This is a landpôda yachtYacht racingpretekanie acrossnaprieč the desertpúštne in NevadaNevada.
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Toto je jachta závodiaca cez púšť v Nevade.
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YBYB: CombinationKombinácia of windsurfingWindsurfing and skiinglyžovanie into this inventionvynález there.
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YB: Tento vynález obsahuje kombináciu windsurfingu a lyžovania.
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FNFN: And I alsotaktiež had an interestzáujem in dangerousnebezpečný inventionsvynálezy.
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FN: Tiež ma zaujímali nebezpečné vynálezy.
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This is a 100,000-volt-volt TeslaTesla coilcievka
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Toto je Teslov transformátor na 100 000 voltov
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that I builtpostavený in my bedroomspálne,
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postavený, ku zdeseniu moje mamy,
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much to the dismayzdesenie of my mothermatka.
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v mojej izbe.
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YBYB: To the dismayzdesenie of my mothermatka,
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YB: Ku zdeseniu mojej mamy,
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this is dangerousnebezpečný teenagedospievajúci fashionmóda right there.
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je toto pre teenagerov nebezpečná móda.
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(LaughterSmiech)
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FNFN: And I broughtpriniesla this all togetherspolu,
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FN: Dal som to celé dohromady,
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this passionvášeň with alternativealternatívne energyenergie and racedpretekal a solarslnečné carauto acrossnaprieč AustraliaAustrália --
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tú vášeň pre alternatívne energie. A šiel som závodiť v solárnom aute cez Austráliu.
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alsotaktiež the U.S. and JapanJaponsko.
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A aj cez USA a Japonsko.
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YBYB: So, windvietor powermoc, solarslnečné powermoc -- we had a lot to talk about.
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YB: Tak, veterná energia, solárna energia, mali sme o čom rozprávať.
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We had a lot that got us excitedvzrušený.
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Bolo toho dosť, čo nás bavilo.
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So we decidedrozhodol to do a specialšpeciálna projectprojekt togetherspolu.
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Rozhodli sme sa preto pustiť sa spoločne do zvláštneho projektu.
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To combinekombinovať engineeringstrojárstvo and designdizajn and ...
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Skombinovať strojarinu, dizajn a ...
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FNFN: Really make a fullyplne integratedintegrovaný productvýrobok, something beautifulkrásny.
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FN: Skutočne vytvoriť kompaktný produkt, niečo nádherného.
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YBYB: And we madevyrobený a babydieťa.
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YB: A tak sme mali dieťatko.
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FNFN: Can you bringpriniesť out our babydieťa?
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FN: Mohli by ste ho sem priviezť?
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(ApplausePotlesk)
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(Potlesk)
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This babydieťa is fullyplne electricelektrický.
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Je plne poháňané elektrinou.
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It goeside 150 milesmíle an hourhodina.
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Ide až 150 míľ za hodinu.
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It's twicedvakrát the rangerozsah of any electricelektrický motorcyclemotocykel.
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Má akčný rádius dvojnásobný oproti akejkoľvek inej elektrickej motorke.
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Really the excitingvzrušujúce thing about a motorcyclemotocykel
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Úžasná vec na motorke je proste
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is just the beautifulkrásny integrationintegrácia of engineeringstrojárstvo and designdizajn.
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to krásne spojenie strojariny a designu.
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It's got an amazingúžasný useružívateľ experienceskúsenosť.
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Ponúka skvelý zážitok pre vodičov.
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It was wonderfulbáječný workingpracovný with YvesYves BeharBehar.
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Bolo úžasné spolupracovať s Yvesom Beharom.
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He cameprišiel up with our namenázov and logologo. We're MissionPoslanie MotorsMotory.
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Navrhol naše meno a logo. My sme Mission Motors.
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And we'vemy máme only got threetri minutesminúty,
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Máme iba tri minúty.
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but we could talk about it for hourshodiny.
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Ale mohli by sme o tom hovoriť celé hodiny.
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YBYB: Thank you.
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YB: Ďakujem vám.
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FNFN: Thank you TEDTED. And thank you ChrisChris, for havingmajúce us.
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FN: Ďakujem TED-u a ďakujem Chrisovi za pozvanie.
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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