Yves Behar — Max Fraser

Max Fraser works as a commentator across the various media outlets that surround the design industry and, more recently, food and farming. He writes for magazines and newspapers, authors books, curates exhibitions, speaks at events worldwide and consults for public and private bodies. This diversity of output prompts people to ask him, "what exactly do you do?" This website acts as a portfolio of his work and hopefully goes some way to answering that question. Welcome and thank you for visiting.

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17.05.2026 / Articles Events

Update: slow to update!

I was once warned that a news section on a website is a burden to update. I dismissed it at the time but alas, it has been more than 18 months since I added any news…

A short update here: I’ve written several articles on Dezeen, for example, exploring the impact of US tariffs, the difficult trading conditions imposed by Brexit, the ongoing problems with Milan design week, as well as 10 things wrong with design.

I’ve moderated multiple talks mostly in Europe, in cities including London, Milan, Stockholm, Prague, Copenhagen, Antwerp, Munich, Helsinki, Dubai and Seoul. A particular highlight for me was my conversation with Brian Eno and Tori Tsui at the World Design Congress in London in September 2025. I’ve interviewed other design ‘greats’ including John Pawson, Alice Rawsthorn, Yves Behar, Ineke Hans, Ross Lovegrove, Li Edelkoort, Luca Nichetto, Sabine Marcelis, Tom Dixon, Bethan Laura Wood and many more.

At Dezeen, we launched a newspaper-style publication called Dezeen Dispatch in Stockholm and Milan, as well as a new weekly podcast called, you guessed it, Dezeen Weekly.

There’s much more news but that’ll do for now!

14.09.2023 / Events

Talk: Dezeen x Bentley Lighthouse talk, 22nd September 2023

Dezeen has teamed up with car brand Bentley for the latest in their series of Bentley Lighthouse Talks.

Taking place during the London Design Festival event, I will be joined by San Francisco studio Fuseproject‘s founder and designer Yves Béhar and design studio PriestmanGoode‘s managing director Kirsty Dias, as well as TRL‘s head of automated transport Karla Jakeman and Bentley’s design director Robin Page.

The talk, titled ‘Towards a new future of mobility’, will discuss innovative new directions in mobility and transport design.

Doors will open at Cromwell Place, 4 Cromwell Place, London SW7 2JE at 12pm, with the talk starting at 12:30pm, followed by a drinks reception until 2:30pm.

RSVP is essential at: [email protected].