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The Disrupters: Working Outside The Business Norm

Can their creativity win big in the business world?READ»

Dyson Reinvents the Fan

Sir James Dyson has made a mint selling the story of his dogged pursuit of the vacuum cleaner that "never loses suction." But Dyson's newest product doesn't suck. It blows.READ»

Designing for Gender, When One Or Both Parties Reap the Rewards

The most successful products are designed for one sex but embraced by both.READ»

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Who Are the CEOs of Hogwarts?

Scrape away all the wizardry, and the Harry Potter films are about a company that unites behind a leader to defeat its foes. Which got us thinking about the real world wizards of finance and technology. In short, who in the business world is equivalent to our heroes and who deserves the title of He Who Must Not Be Named?READ»

James Dyson Patents All-in-One Kitchen Appliance Kit

James Dyson--the British king of suck, inventor of the cyclonic vacuum--has been awarded a patent for an enitrely new product line: A modular, space-saving kit for kitchen appliances. Usually, your blender, toaster, tea ...READ»

The Best and the Brightest (Literally) at the Dyson Awards

Last night the 2008 Dyson Product Design Awards were handed out in New York City. (Yes, that’s Dyson as in Sir James Dyson, TV’s most pretentious vacuum peddler.) These prizes are awarded annually for inventions that ...READ»

Design opens doors, bad design shuts them tighter

I read Saabira Chaudri's question of the day "Can good design save a bad product?", and immediately thoughts of James Dyson's hideous futuristic vaccume cleaners came to plague me http://www.dyson.com/store/.  An example ...READ»