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This $US860 LED Desk Lamp Will Run For Almost Forty Years

6:40AM December 14, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

Like father like son. If you thought James Dyson’s vacuums were expensive, his son wants you to pony up almost $US860 for an LED desk lamp that promises over 37 years of illumination thanks to space-age heatsink technology. More »


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Design Awards: Aussies Score High Marks

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3:30PM October 12, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The winner of the Australian Electrolux Design Lab 2011 is a cool (and hot) ribbon concept. Meanwhile, on the other side of the vacuum cleaner fence, an Australian designers concept for a condensation crop watering system is in the running for the James Dyson 2011 Award. More »


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Dyson’s New Fan Is Hot

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3:00PM September 15, 2011 | Alex Kidman

In essence, the Dyson Hot AM04 is like the now familiar Air Multiplier (especially the AM02 fan) — only with heating elements built in. But behind the scenes, it was three years in the making, and also has cooling capabilities of its own. More »


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Dyson’s Newest Vac Stuffs All Its Guts In A Beautiful Sphere

8:00AM September 1, 2011 | Sam Biddle

A Dyson vacuum is almost as much a design-lust object as an appliance, and the new DC41 Animal (cool name for a vacuum!) only pushes that rep. Where’d all those weird hoses go? Hidden with minimalist magics. More »


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Praising Failure: James Dyson Talks Vacuum’s 5,127 Prototypes

1:00AM April 11, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Sir James Dyson, inventor of perhaps the most recognisable consumer vacuum on the market today, is completely comfortable with failure. He’s good at it—failure I mean—but most great inventors are. More »


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ColorWare’s Latest Victim Needs No Introduction: The Dyson Air Multiplier

12:40AM January 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

By now, you’ve realised that ColorWare likes coating beautiful products with strange, ghastly colours. At least they’re colours you get to choose, mind you. Purchasing Dyson’s fan through them costs $US450, but send in your own for $US150. [ColorWare]


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Dyson’s Latest Vacuum Cleaner, The Digital Slim DC35, Is Heaven On A Stick

9:00PM January 3, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Lacking I may be in the domesticity gene, I can’t help but want this latest Dyson vacuum cleaner. That’s no surprise, though—I want everything Dyson makes, even this dog-vacuumer. I have a cat. More »


What It’s Like To Vacuum A Dog

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1:30PM November 8, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Every dog I’ve ever known has been either scared or “overly excited” by the resident vacuum cleaner. That’s why Dyson’s decision to introduce a dog brush vacuum attachment seemed so strange. But after using the Dyson Groom for a couple of weeks on my Golden Retriever, Simba, I have to say that it works brilliantly – within reason. More »


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Why Bother Vacuuming The Floors When You Can Just Vacuum The Dog?

6:40PM November 4, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

So goes the thinking behind Dyson’s Groom tool, which connects to most of their vacuum cleaners and sucks up loose hair and dead skin. I’m guessing it could be used on other animals too – my cat better watch out. More »


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Here’s A Knockoff Bladeless Fan That’s Priced Like A Dyson

9:00AM September 5, 2010 | Casey Chan

The imitation/knockoff market never ceases to amaze me. This bladeless fan from Abiko is a knockoff version of the Dyson Air Multiplier. But unlike typical cheap imitations, Abiko’s version, at $US223, is almost as expensive as the real thing. More »