By Shawn Williams
INDUSTRY
Yves Béhar: Product design, built environment
Lindsey Adelman: Lighting design
DESIGN STYLE
YB: Integrated, holistic, rooted in optimism
LA: Intuitive
DESIGNS WHAT
YB: “Firsts”
LA: Lighting
STUDIO LOCATION
YB: San Francisco
LA: New York City and Los Angeles
FIRST PRODUCT
YB: Space Scent perfume bottles (shown, right)
LA: Lunette, a clip-on lamp shade
PRODUCT MOST KNOWN FOR
YB: Sayl chair for Herman Miller (shown, right)
LA: Branching Bubble chandelier
DREAM COLLABORATION
YB: Working with scientists and visionaries to change the worlds of healthcare, transportation, sustainability, and social good
LA: A NYC subway car takeover
BIGGEST INSPIRATION
YB: The idiosyncrasies of modern life
LA: Mother Nature
WISH LIST
YB: An updated and electrified 1970 Honda Vamos, a portable, James Turrell–designed Skyspace, and a Bazaar sofa by Superstudio Group
LA: A Rick Owens seasonal subscription
BEST ADVICE RECEIVED
YB: Pain is temporary, suck is forever.
LA: Leave a party while you’re having a good time.
FUTURE OF DESIGN
YB: A balance of technical breakthroughs with the preservation of human values, e.g., helpful robots and compassionate AI
LA: In one word: dematerialization