Yves Béhar: "Surfing is like improvisational jazz"

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About Why Design
At Herman Miller design is the language we use to ask questions and seek answers to the problems our customers face. The design process is a journey into the unknown—or as George Nelson once quipped, "I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were." Before we decide what we do and how we do it, we like to begin by asking the question "Why?" In Why Design, a new video series, we explore the world through the eyes of our designers, and share something of why we value their point of view.

Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar uses design to enliven our world. He and his team at fuseproject surfed the problems of seating and came up with the award-winning SAYL chair for Herman Miller in 2010. The sheer breadth of Béhar's work will delight you--from electronics to furniture to eyewear. Through it all comes Béhar's abiding sense of craft and basic humanity.

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[808MrRAT]

I'm a surfer from Maui and well said!!!!

[jeckeljoan]

That's so cool I didn't know they surfed near the bridge!!

[George McKnight]

I'm both a designer and surfer...this is sweet :-)