The Engadget Show: Inside the mind of Yves Behar

Lots of tech companies would like you to believe that they're responsible for the design of its best looking gadgets, but in reality most of them hire outside groups for all that non-spec stuff. And well, if they're smart they get leading industrial designer Yves Behar and his FuseProject team to dream up something incredibly groundbreaking and head-turning. Having birthed the designs of the OLPC XOs and Jawbone headsets we've always been incredibly fascinated by Behar and his knack for coming up with eye-pleasing technology, so naturally we caught up with him when he was in NYC last month and shot some footage of his studio. Uh, so what are you still doing here? Watch it now! Hit up the video after the break!

Host: Joanna Stern
Special guests: Yves Behar
Produced and Directed by: Chad Mumm
Executive Producer: Joshua Fruhlinger
Edited by: Michael Slavens
Opening titles by: Julien Nantiec

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[hdawggy Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:25PM]

SWEET!

[Beatnik Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:34PM]

@hdawggy
Shortest Engadget show? I like it. Thanks Joanna

[One Love Posted Apr 13th 2010 5:02PM]

@hdawggy

Man talks
Woman listens
Video ends

[gargle Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:30PM]

Awww that wasn't an Engadget Show.. that was an Interview. It was cool (really cool!!!), but it got my hopes up that it would be 2 hours long :-/ A renaming would be great.. "An Engadget Tech Insight/Interview"

[who said what Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:35PM]

One designer who is great at what he does and at the same time doesn't talk like he is high on something and his eyeballs are about to pop out because he is so impressed by what he designed!!

[Funderful Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:37PM]

That was fun and interesting.

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:38PM]

I too can see inside the mind of Yves Behar. Only I don't need to conduct an interview, and my way can sometimes lead to heads imploding, I don't recommend it

[Phenom Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:02PM]

@Lord Vader A bit "forced" there Darth... Pun intended...

[Rick James Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:18PM]

@Lord Vader give me a few 8balls of coke and I'll be able to look inside your mind too...

[Lord Vader Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:23PM]

@Rick James. I never knew Coca Cola had mind reading effects

[Rick James Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:30PM]

@Lord Vader

Cocaine's one helluva drug

[knewman Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:38PM]

What a pleasant surprise on a dreary Tuesday afternoon!

[FNi Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:40PM]

Hopefully this one isn't as boring as the last. The only thing that saved that show was Nilay and Josh trying to break the Playstation Move, the rest was a snoozefest.

[muddyh2o Posted Apr 13th 2010 3:47PM]

he never mentions his mom, Joy, in interviews.

[Joshua Przygocki Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:17PM]

I'm gonna name my first-born Yves...

[skyblaze Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:17PM]

awesome interview, joanna... and i feel really oblgated to say (with all due respect, seriously) that you're a very pretty lady. also there's nothing more attractive than girls that are actually into tech (seriously dont find that around these parts quite often)

just felt the need to say that. im sure everyone here agrees... just lacks the cajones to say it.

P.S. dont ban me >.<

[Rick James Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:19PM]

@skyblaze

*cues creepy music*

[skyblaze Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:24PM]

@Rick James

rick james... you of all people have a nerve to call anyone creepy :\

[Rick James Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:29PM]

@skyblaze

On this point I must concur...my biggest hit was called Superfreak. Not to mention the fact that I did serve quite a bit of jail time for various sex offenses prior to my untimely death. Of course, my wife and I were on a coke-induced drug binge...

[GrimPanda Posted Apr 13th 2010 5:36PM]

@skyblaze I agree. Joanna Stern you are very beautiful. You should be in more of the engadget shows and the podcasts!!!

[andysexton Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:20PM]

Engadget: Please RSS the HD feed. Some of us watch these things on big screens and it would be nice to have it automatically there served up for us.

Thanks.

[decypherSMC Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:23PM]

What was with the post-roll 'e' engadget logo followed by the animated engadget logo?

Anyhow, I enjoy these quick vids, so keep em coming!

[Vakarian Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:58PM]

Okay yeah i might have a bit of a nerd crush on Joanna...

The interview was good too by the way, very interesting, would be great if it had been a bit longer.

[joelaf Posted Apr 13th 2010 4:59PM]

Nice to hear a designer (of anything) say that they consider how the enduser will interact with the product, as opposed to them worrying how it will impact their design "brand".

[phobic99 Posted Apr 13th 2010 5:35PM]

I love these vids. Thanks!

[nik Posted Apr 13th 2010 6:51PM]

Very interesting. Keep these great interviews coming, Engadget!

[Invid Posted Apr 13th 2010 6:53PM]

Man, Yves' watch was pretty sweet. Never thought I'd ever get jazzed about a bracelet before.

Also, mark me down in the Joanna fanclub.

[southern78 Posted Apr 13th 2010 7:14PM]

Joanna.....call me?

[newjaruz Posted Apr 13th 2010 7:54PM]

interesting call me... lol at ^ above comment
that engadget girl is not too shabby looking is she

[AlecJenkins Posted Apr 13th 2010 9:44PM]

Anybody know what was this segment shot with? Was it the EOS 7D?

[Chad Mumm Posted Apr 20th 2010 9:16AM]

@AlecJenkins Yep, totally shot with the 7D.

[Rugosa Posted Apr 13th 2010 11:00PM]

I did a kind of ode to Joshua Topolsky if anybody is interested. I like him, but my friend can't stand him. I just want to get my feelings out there. This one's for you Josh. Please don't hate me. http://www.ohwhocares.com/?p=97