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James Dyson answers design questions from Twitter [video]

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Summary:

He talks about:

- His favourite products

- The worst designed product he owns

- His design heroes (and why)

- On the lack of experience when creating a product and turning that to an advantage (see below)

- On creating a prototype and patenting your physical product

- Speed of execution when creating a product

- Why hand dryers are not quiet

- Why he believes design and engineering is inseparable

An interesting opinion from Dyson on the lack of experience:

> "I think a lack of experience is a great help. An expert thinks he knows it all but he's also rather inhibited by his experience, his knowledge. He finds it difficult to steer off the well-known path.

> Whereas if you have a lack of experience, but huge curiosity, and you approach your new challenge with naivety, I think it's easier for you as inexperienced designer to come up with something different and to follow a different path."

Re: James Dyson answers design questions from Twitter [video]

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Does he talk about the design of the legal structure for his tax avoidance vehicle that holds the land he has bought up in the UK? lol

https://whoownsengland.org/2017/09/19/why-is-james-dyson-hoo... "By July 2017, Farmers Weekly was reporting that Dyson’s empire had grown to 13,355 hectares, or 33,000 acres."

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Does he talk about the design of the legal structure for his tax avoidance vehicle that holds the land he has bought up in the UK? lol https://whoownsengland.org/2017/09/19/why-is-james-dyson-hoo... "By July 2017, Farmers Weekly was reporting that Dyson’s empire had grown to 13,355 hectares, or 33,000 acres."

Bill Gates is doing the same thing. It's annoying.

https://agfundernews.com/gates-if-not-for-climate-then-why-i...

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Maybe he should explain his Brexit position? As far as I know this man is not an expert in anything but shirking expensive gimmicky fans and being a huge hypocrite, why he should be considered a authority in design I don't know.

I've ways wondered what clout James Dyson gets for being confused with Freeman Dyson, an actual genius.

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Does he talk about the design of the legal structure for his tax avoidance vehicle that holds the land he has bought up in the UK? lol https://whoownsengland.org/2017/09/19/why-is-james-dyson-hoo... "By July 2017, Farmers Weekly was reporting that Dyson’s empire had grown to 13,355 hectares, or 33,000 acres."

I really dislike Dyson.

1) Move to Singapore, citing that Britain won't join the euro as a factor. 2) EU energy efficiency test goes against his product 3) Campaigns for Brexit

I had one of his vacuum cleaners and it was under powered and always needed cleaning inside. I got a Meile with a bag afterwards. Much more powerful for less money.

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post #3

Does he talk about the design of the legal structure for his tax avoidance vehicle that holds the land he has bought up in the UK? lol https://whoownsengland.org/2017/09/19/why-is-james-dyson-hoo... "By July 2017, Farmers Weekly was reporting that Dyson’s empire had grown to 13,355 hectares, or 33,000 acres."

I really dislike Dyson. 1) Move to Singapore, citing that Britain won't join the euro as a factor. 2) EU energy efficiency test goes against his product 3) Campaigns for Brexit I had one of his vacuum cleaners and it was under powered and always needed cleaning inside. I got a Meile with a bag afterwards. Much more powerful for less money.

Then the ventilators thing happened. "Don't give resources to medical firms that know how to build ventilators...give it to Dyson who will build it faster, better...unapproved and a complete failure

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/22/covid-lan...

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