Yves Behar is a household name when it comes to Industrial Design and is synonymous with socially responsible design. He is the founder of the ID firm Fuseproject with offices in San Francisco and New York. Yves Behar is known for, among other things, the One Laptop for Every Child campaign and the New York City Condom campaign.

I had the pleasure of hearing Yves Behar speak at last year's Greener Gadgets Conference in Manhattan. The theme of the conference was sustainable and social design and challenged designers to think about the products they design on higher levels.

Fuseproject has teamed up with GE to develop the WattStation. It is a charging station for electric vehicles that aimes to blend into the lanscape that it is placed into. It's design is minimal with the focus on the details and the user interaction. The WattStation is very iconic and will be embedded into GE's smart power grid. GE is planning to install these all over the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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