Chapter 5-dyson Flashcards
“Others might label our-
“Others might label our machines as ‘green’. To me the very notion of it smacks marketing hype”
“The beauty of -
“The beauty of lean engineering-by it’s very nature-does more with less”
Design philosophy:
Form follows function
How dyson treats the designing of the form
The shape of a product should convey its use. The shape of the disown vacuum cleaner does not disguise what it does.
His philosophy is a the opposite of…
The Memphis movement
Where “form swallows function”
History beginning
‘Hoover was the leading vacuum cleaner before dyson created the bag less cleaner called ‘g force’ in 1983.
G-force
It was technology because:
Being more efficient than existing vacuums without any bags.
And had used a ‘cyclone’ to extract dust from the carpet (innovation)
The cyclone idea was take. From the moving of plastic pellets around a factory
As an engineering company…
“Our motto remains fairly simple, we constantly question the things that exist and we think about how can we improve them.”
“Our engineers enjoy solving problems that others have ignored.”
Clear plastic
They are “proud of their technology” so therefor use as much transparent plastics as possible
Testing
Each component is put to 50,000 hours of testing to ensure they reach the life span well
The secret weapon: motor
Lighter than conventional motors
The dyson digital motor V6 weighs 218 grass, yet generates 425 watts of power
