Masters of Design

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Innovation and inspiration. Management and creativity. This is our fourth annual report on the intersection of business and design. Online we feature a video interview with Yves Behar and a video tour of R/GA's best interactive work.

Yves Behar
Not long ago, Yves Béhar was a self-described "slumlord" to cover his rent. Now he's a superstar.

Bob Greenberg
The phrase "interactive advertising" is everywhere. Bob Greenberg actually makes it.

Sam Lucente
Sam Lucente's business is corporate design. Persuasion is his game.

Paola Antonelli
The design universe revolves around a woman who loves Q-tips, Post-its, and The Twilight Zone.

Philippe Starck
The design whirlwind behind everything from Richard Branson's space suits to a new global condo empire, Philippe Starck weighs in on the importance of fantasy, energy, and bivalves.

Yves Behar: Furniture Design

Designing for Your Best Friend

R/GA Interactive Advertising

2007 Masters of Design

2007 Designer Approved

2007 Widgets We Love

Talent Pool
Making their mark from New York to Tokyo. Fourteen talents who are driving design forward.

Light
Lighting design is on fire like never before. Sun-tracking heliostats, compact fluorescents, LEDs--these are just some of the progressive technologies making clinical fluorescent tubes look like Victor Victrolas of illumination.

Sound
Design can reward the eyes and ease the demands on our fingertips, yet it's rarely thought of as a gift to our ears. Now unprecedented attention is being devoted to manipulation of sound.

Matter
If the key to a young graduate's future was once "plastics," today it's biopolymers, plastic analogs made mostly from natural, biodegradable components instead of petrochemicals.

The Green Standard?
LEED buildings get lots of buzz, but the point is getting lost.

The Brains Behind Billionaire Homes
When it comes to building a house for a billionaire, money isn't a constraint but the stakes can be very high. Here, architects, including those responsible for creating homes for the likes of Bill Gates and David Geffen, talk about the challenges of bringing unrestrained visions to life.

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