Being the online leader in electronic payments, PayPal has just launched a new mobile payment system called PayPal Here. The triangle-shaped device plugs into your smartphone’s earphone jack and lets anyone accept credit cards. Designed by Yves Behar of fuseproject, the triangle front slides down to prevent the device from spinning around while swiping the card.
San Francisco-based designer Yves Behar and his team at fuseproject have partnered with Sabi, a new health and wellness brand to bring high design and functionality to an overlooked market: medication and pill management products. Design-minded folks want to look good while feeling good, after all.
One Laptop Per Child, the non-profit organization whose mission is to help every child worldwide gain access to an up-to-date education, in conjunction with tech company Marvell, unveiled the XO 3.0 tablet at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The low-cost, low-power tablet, which can be charged by solar panels, is the successor to the laptops that the charity has distributed to more than 2.4 million kids in 42 countries.
Jawbone, a mobile product company known for well-designed wearable audio devices and portable speakers, introduces Up, a wristband that can track your sleep patterns, physical activity, calories burned, and food intake when synced with an iPhone app. You can even create a team with friends if peer pressure keeps you motivated. Most importantly, it’s a device you’ll actually wear because it was designed by Design Milk favorite, Yves Behar.
This zippy little bike, called the LOCAL, is the latest endeavor to come out of San Francisco-based studio Fuseproject, headed by designer Yves Behar. The result of the Oregon Manifest Constructor Design Challenge, a one-of-a-kind design/build competition to imagine a new generation of sustainable transportation for city-dwellers. Fuseproject created the LOCAL to address the needs of our daily lives, while bringing back the fun of riding around the neighborhood on a bike (those were the days…). The team went beyond the mundane practicality of hauling groceries, they made sure it could stylishly schlepp a surfboard too. There’s even a wireless speaker for tunes. We’d so ride it.
Jimmyjane‘s third and final release in the Pleasure for the People series if the FORM 4 Waterproof Rechargeable Vibrator, designed by Yves Behar of fuseproject and Ethan Imboden the founder of Jimmyjane.
Jambox is a new wireless speaker and speakerphone, designed by fuseproject (headed by Yves Béhar) for mobile tech leader Jawbone. The speaker connected with mobile phones, computers, and other bluetooth-enabled devices to stream music and share just about anything wirelessly. And it’s tiny — fits in the palm of your hand. The device’s software can also be updated, so it can grown as new technology is released. It also tells you when your battery is low, who is calling, and other functions.
This month marked the unveiling of Herman Miller’s new line of office furniture, christened SAYL. The esteemed manufacturer celebrated with events in Chicago, New York and LA. On October 12, Design Milk was lucky enough to sit down with SAYL designer Yves Béhar for a special interview.
Nurturing a growing family can be a bitter business. Without thoughtful collaboration, a dose of sacrifice, and a good deal of respect for one’s surroundings, its guardian may find himself big-boxed in some thankless superstore, companion to a nation’s worth of disposable commodities.
A new release in the Jimmyjane FORM series, FORM 3 is a new pleasure device — designed by Yves Behar and Jimmyjane founder Ethan Imboden — that puts pleasure at your fingertips. Similar to FORM 2 and FORM 6 in its simplicity and innovation, FORM 3 is slim and flexible. It moves and curves to fit the body, and includes a soft silicone touchpad that can focus the vibration exactly where it counts. It’s waterproof and rechargeable, too. Watch the video on the Jimmyjane YouTube channel.
It looks like a mouse to me — one that does more than just double-clicking if you know what I mean *wink wink nudge nudge*!
fuseproject, the communication and design studio founded by Yves Béhar, has designed the Wattstation, an electric vehicle (EV) charging station for GE. The Wattstation is an easy-to-use EV charging station that’s basically plug-n-play. The design comes in the wake of the terrible oil spill in the hopes that the consumer-friendly design will encourage the adoption of electric vehicles. Certainly one of the main concerns of those of use considering buying an EV is where do we charge? The Wattstation might just be the answer.
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