The man behind one of Design Icons of the 21st Century Sir James Dyson , a British
inventor, industrial designer and founder of the Dyson Company.
He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bag less vacuum
cleaner one of his early designs, which works on the principle of cyclonic
separation.
“For me, design is about how something works, not about what it looks like. It's
what's inside that counts. Good design solves problems and changes something
for the better. Aesthetics should be a by-product of the design, not the other way
around.” - Sir James Dyson
He built 5,127 prototypes before his Dual Cyclone
went into production.
“The look of our vacuum cleaners derives solely from their function and ease of
use. Appearance alone does not make a good product. I am happy when someone
does not like the colour of a Dyson vacuum cleaner because it proves the person
bought it because of its performance, not its looks.
I am not immune to beautifully designed objects, but I feel that you quickly come
to hate a styled design that is not up to the job, but fall in love with an unstyled
product that works well.”
- Sir James Dyson
In the 1970s James Dyson came up the idea of using cyclonic separation in a
vacuum cleaner that would not lose suction if it picked up dirt. He was frustrated
that dust kept clogging the bag and so it lost suction.
James Dyson first invented cyclone
technology for vacuum cleaners 30 years
ago.
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Re inventing the design.
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Engineering the Dyson way
• “Steal” ideas from other applications
• Make rough physical prototypes quickly
• Math models are no substitute for a lot of
tests
Prototypes are used by Dyson not just to show
the overall form of the product, but how the
system and the application of such
technologies that have been invented by
James Dyson himself are included within the
products design.
Failure
Most people think testing is all about durability and reliability. Of course that's a big part of it.
But before that happens - before you even have something to beat the hell out of - you need an
idea that work.
Dyson engineers get those ideas often by trying the ridiculous. Most of the time it ends in
failure. That's good. Failure sparks thinking and the extraordinary.
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Air Blade - "You put your hands under other dryers, rub them
a bit, then give up and wipe your hands on your trousers. It’s
something that’s always annoyed me.”
Literally scraping water from hands with a 400mph sheet of
air. It takes ten seconds and the air used to dry hands is first
purified using a HEPA filter. The airflow is created by
the Dyson digital motor, a new type of high-speed motor
developed by Dyson engineers.
Air Multiplier - “Engineers look for improvement. 30 years ago,
we began developing cyclone vacuum technology. More
recently, hand dryers using high-pressure sheets of air instead
of heat. Now our attention has turned to fans.”
- James Dyson
Blades cause buffeting. That’s always been the problem with
conventional electric fans.
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Hot + Cool
Fast, even room heating.
High velocity air to cool.
In winter, the Dyson Hot + Cool fan heater provides longrange heat projection. In summer it has powerful airflow and
air velocity to cool you effectively. There are no blades – just
an uninterrupted stream of smooth air.
Most conventional heaters can’t be
tilted to direct warm air where you
want for personal heating