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Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar (IPA: [iv be.aʁ]; born 9 May 1967) is a Swiss-born American designer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of August Home, a smart lock company acquired by Assa Abloy in 2017; and co-founder of Canopy, a co-working space based in San Francisco.
In 2011, the Conde Nast Innovation and Design Awards recognized Béhar as Designer of the Year. His clients have included Herman Miller, Movado, PUMA, Kodak, MINI, Western Digital, See Better to Learn Better, General Electric, Swarovski, Samsung, SNOO'S Happiest Baby Smart Bassinet, Jimmyjane, Prada and Cobalt Robotics.
Béhar was born in 1967 in Lausanne, Switzerland to a German mother, Christine Béhar, and a Sephardi Jewish father, Henry Béhar, whose ancestors were expelled from a ghetto in Venice and resettled in Turkey.
He studied drawing and industrial design in both Europe and the United States. Béhar attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1991, he received a bachelor of science degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design.
Prior to founding Fuseproject, Béhar was design leader at the Silicon Valley offices of frog design and Lunar Design, developing product identities for clients such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics.
From 2005–2012, he was chair of the Industrial Design Program at California College of the Arts.
In 1999, Béhar founded the San Francisco and New York-based industrial design and brand management firm Fuseproject. At Fuseproject, Béhar oversees product design for a variety of industrial sectors, including fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology. His clients include Herman Miller, PUMA, One Laptop per Child, Jawbone, Kodak, Mission Motors, See Better to Learn Better, General Electric, Swarovski, Samsung, Jimmyjane, and Prada. In 2010, Fuseproject was the top winner of the Industrial Designers Society of America IDSA IDEA/Fast Company awards with 14 winning products.
Béhar is a sustainability advocate who argues that a designer's role is to create products that are both commercially viable and contribute to social good.
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Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar (IPA: [iv be.aʁ]; born 9 May 1967) is a Swiss-born American designer and entrepreneur. He is the founder and principal designer of Fuseproject, an industrial design and brand development firm. Béhar is also the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of August Home, a smart lock company acquired by Assa Abloy in 2017; and co-founder of Canopy, a co-working space based in San Francisco.
In 2011, the Conde Nast Innovation and Design Awards recognized Béhar as Designer of the Year. His clients have included Herman Miller, Movado, PUMA, Kodak, MINI, Western Digital, See Better to Learn Better, General Electric, Swarovski, Samsung, SNOO'S Happiest Baby Smart Bassinet, Jimmyjane, Prada and Cobalt Robotics.
Béhar was born in 1967 in Lausanne, Switzerland to a German mother, Christine Béhar, and a Sephardi Jewish father, Henry Béhar, whose ancestors were expelled from a ghetto in Venice and resettled in Turkey.
He studied drawing and industrial design in both Europe and the United States. Béhar attended school in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. In 1991, he received a bachelor of science degree in industrial design from the Art Center College of Design.
Prior to founding Fuseproject, Béhar was design leader at the Silicon Valley offices of frog design and Lunar Design, developing product identities for clients such as Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Silicon Graphics.
From 2005–2012, he was chair of the Industrial Design Program at California College of the Arts.
In 1999, Béhar founded the San Francisco and New York-based industrial design and brand management firm Fuseproject. At Fuseproject, Béhar oversees product design for a variety of industrial sectors, including fashion, lifestyle, sports and technology. His clients include Herman Miller, PUMA, One Laptop per Child, Jawbone, Kodak, Mission Motors, See Better to Learn Better, General Electric, Swarovski, Samsung, Jimmyjane, and Prada. In 2010, Fuseproject was the top winner of the Industrial Designers Society of America IDSA IDEA/Fast Company awards with 14 winning products.
Béhar is a sustainability advocate who argues that a designer's role is to create products that are both commercially viable and contribute to social good.