Shunji Yamanaka on designing to make people happy

Award-winning industrial designer Shunji Yamanaka believes that the conflict between the scientist and artist inside him gives rise to groundbreaking ideas and designs.
Yamanaka discloses, “the moment design happens is a result of the intricate madness of art meeting the guided rationality of science”.
Here he speaks about various robots he has created including the Ephyra, seen as a mechanical artwork and the Halluc II, an experiment into how cars could move in the future.