Yves Behar
fuseproject founder | Designed One Laptop Per Child, Jawbone; chief creative of August
Yves Behar is a Creative Thinking speaker who has appeared at 6 events including Web Summit 2025 and Design Miami, most recently in 2025.
About
Yves Behar is one of the world's most influential industrial designers, founder of fuseproject, and chief creative officer of companies including August (smart locks) and Canopy (health). His designs span from the iconic One Laptop Per Child XO laptop to Jawbone wearables to Herman Miller furniture.
Named one of the most influential designers by Forbes and Fast Company, he champions design that tells stories and connects products to human values. His work has won virtually every major design award and sits in the permanent collections of MoMA and the SF Museum of Modern Art.
With 4 talks at major events, he speaks on design thinking, sustainable design, and building products that matter.
Talks4
How surfboards connect us to nature
Here's how the surfboard changed our relationship to water, according to fuseproject founder Yves Béhar.
A supercharged motorcycle design
Designing objects that tell stories
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Yves Behar at Web Summit 2025
| Event | Year | Location | Talks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web Summit 2025 | 2025 | 🇵🇹Lisbon, Portugal | 1 |
| Design Miami | 2023 | 🇺🇸Miami, United States | 1 |
| Milan Design Week | 2022 | 🇮🇹Milan, Italy | 1 |
| Small Thing Big Idea 2020 | 2020 | 1 | |
| TED 2009 | 2009 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States | 1 |
| TED 2008 | 2008 | 🇺🇸Monterey, United States | 1 |
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| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
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| Al GoreNobel Peace Prize Winner | Climate Crisis Catalyst and Global Environmental Leader | 2 | TED 2008, TED 2009View shared history → |
| Brian CoxProfessor of Particle Physics | BBC Science Presenter | 2 | TED 2008, TED 2009View shared history → |
| Karen ArmstrongProfessional Speaker | 2 | TED 2008, TED 2009View shared history → |
| Philip ZimbardoStanford Psychologist | The Lucifer Effect & Situational Ethics | 2 | TED 2008, TED 2009View shared history → |
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