[bioundgrd] lecture: the art of engineering

[Rachel McPherson]

Industry Leaders in Technology and Management Lecture Series

Sponsored by the Office of Corporate Relations

James Dyson
Inventor and Founder
Dyson Corporation

"The Art of Engineering"

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
Wong Auditorium, Tang Center
Refreshments at 3:30pm



Biography:
A member of the British Design Council, James 
Dyson has been designing products-since 
graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1970. 
Both an entrepreneur and relentless creative 
industrial designer, James is dedicated to 
developing technology to make everyday products 
work better.

James developed the cyclonic technology that made 
Dyson the first and only bagless vacuum cleaner 
that doesn't lose suction. Five years and 5,000 
prototypes after his original brainstorm, Dyson 
launched the DC01, which became the top-selling 
vacuum in the UK within two years. Dyson vacuums 
are presently available in 37 countries and are 
the best-selling vacuum cleaners in Western 
Europe.

James' newest design is the Dyson DC15 - with 
The Ball technology is Dyson's most significant 
advancement since his creation of a vacuum 
cleaner that doesn't lose suction.  The Ball has 
taken three years to develop and has 182 patents*.

James Dyson has received awards worldwide for 
technology innovation including: the Industrial 
Design Prize of America, the European Design 
Prize, and L'Etoile de L'Observeur du Design 
(France).

Dyson vacuum cleaners are included in the 
permanent collections of numerous museums 
including: the London Science Museum, MoMA, New 
York, the San Francisco MoMA, the Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, New York, and the Centre Georges 
Pompidou, Paris.


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