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James Dyson

British industrial designer who built 5,127 vacuum prototypes before the one that worked. Founder of Dyson, the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial, and the Dyson Institute. Engineer-as-author — the design and the writing about the design are the same thing. The first principles of physical product.

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Dyson

British engineering company founded by James Dyson in 1991. Bagless cyclonic vacuum cleaners, bladeless fans, and hair tools designed around fluid dynamics and exhaustive prototyping — 5,127 prototypes for the first vacuum. A FRQNCY exemplar of build culture: solve real problems through obsession with how things actually work.

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Product Design

Designing objects, systems, and experiences people love to use — where…

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