Sir James Dyson, CBE's Biography

Sir James Dyson, CBE's Professional Career

Career

dir Rotork Marine 1970-74 (design and manufacture of Sea Truck high speed landing craft), md Kirk-Dyson 1974-79 (design and manufacture of Ballbarrow wheelbarrow), founded Dyson Research Ltd 1979 (developed and designed: Dyson Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner 1979-93, Contrarotator washing machine 2000, Dyson Airblade hand dryer 2006, DC24 Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner 2008, Dyson digital motor V2 2009), chm Dyson Ltd 1992-; memb Design Cncl 1997-, fndr James Dyson Fndn 2002, chm Design Museum 1999-2004, chm Design London, memb Cncl RCA (external examiner 1993-96), memb Advsy Bd MAK Vienna, cmmr for Royal Cmmn for the Exhbn of 1851; exhbn Doing a Dyson (Design Museum) 1996-97, other Dyson exhbns at Glasgow and Arnhem Holland; Dyson vacuum cleaners on perm display at: Sci Museum, Design Museum London, V&A, Boyman's Museum Rotterdam, San Francisco MOMA, Design Museum Zurich, Design Museum Lisbon, Museum fur Angewandte Kunst Cologne, Danish Design Centre Copenhagen, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, Museum für Angewandte Kunst (MAK) Vienna; patron Nat Assoc of Inspectors and Advsrs in Design and Technol; memb Ct Univ of Bath, dir Imperial Coll London; tstee The Roundhouse Theatre London 1998; hon fell Liverpool John Moores Univ 1997; Hon DLitt Staffs Univ 1990, Hon MIED Inst of Design 1997, Hon DSc Oxford Brookes Univ; Hon Dr: Univ of Bradford 1998, UWE, Univ of Middx, Brunel Univ, Bath Spa Univ, RCA, Univ of Bath; FCSD 1996, FREng 2005; Awards for Dyson designs incl Bldg Design and Innovation Award (for Ballbarrow) 1976; for Dyson Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner: Int Design Fair Prize Japan 1991, Minerva Award CSD 1995, Award of Excellence Daily Mail 1995, Gerald Frewer Trophy Inst of Engrg Designers 1996, Industrial Design Prize of America 1996, Meilleure Acceptation and Meilleure Conception Galerie Lafayette Prix Innovation-Design 1996, Eversheds Grand Prix Award Design Cncl 1996, DBA Design Effectiveness Consumer Product Award 1996, DBA Design Effectiveness Eversheds Grand Prix Trophy 1996, Euro Design Prize 1997, Oscar Livre Moivdial des Inventions 1997, Prince Philip's Designers Prize 1997, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization Gold Award 1997, Design Cncl Award for Euro Design prize 1997, West of England Business of the Year Award 1997, Marketing Soc Award for Brand of the Year 1998, Marketing Soc Award for Marketer of the Year 1998, Designer of the Decade Award Design Week 1999, Good Design Award Japan 1999, Price Waterhouse West of England Business of the Year Award 1999, Franco-Br C of C and Industry Award for technol and innovation 1999, Prix Innovation Notre Temps du plus solide et du plus sûr France 1999, DC02 and DC03 awarded status of Millennium Products Design Cncl 1999, DC05 awarded oscar of innovation as best domestic appliance LSA magazine France 1999, Japan Super Good of the Year Silver Prize 1999, Kilgerran prize Royal Soc 2000, Int Design Prize Baden-Wurttenburg Germany, Etoile de l'Observeur du Design France 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, Mingay Award for best floor care product Australia 2000 and 2002, Kitchens Bedrooms and Bathrooms review for Appliance Innovation UK 2001, Homes and Gardens magazine Classic Design Reader's Award 2001, First Prize Domo household appliance fair Czech Republic 2001, Best Appliance Innovation Your Home magazine 2002, iF Design Award Germany 2002, Red Dot Product Design Award 2002, DC11 awarded Homes and Gardens Classic Design Award 2004, 2-drums awarded Br Allergy Fndn Seal of Approval 2004, DC11 awarded Best Appliance Home Beautiful Awards 2004, Br Consul-General Award 2004, Japan Best Design Award 2004, DC08 Telescope and DC11 awarded PLUS X Award for Innovation, Design and Ease of Use 2004, DC15 The Ball awarded PLUS X Award for Innovation, Design and Ease of Use 2005; awards for Dyson R&D Centre incl: Civic Tst Award Commendation 1999, Royal Fine Art Cmmn Tst/BSB Building of the Year Award Commendation 1999; other awards incl: Top Entrepreneur Enterprise Magazine 1997, Philanthropist of the Year Inst of Charity Fundraising Mangrs 1997, Designer of the Decade 2000, The Queen's Award for Enterprise (innovation category) 2003, Award for Business Excellence Wilts Business of the Year Awards 2003, Giant of Design (GOD) House Beautiful Awards USA 2004, Queens Award for Int Trade 2006, Plux X Lifetime Acheivement Award 2007, Le Janus l'Industrie Award (for Dyson Airblade) 2007, Carbon Positive Award (for Dyson Airblade) 2008, Best of the Best for highest design quality Red Dot Award Germany (for DC24) 2009

Sir James Dyson, CBE's Publications

Books and Publications

Doing a Dyson (1996), Against the Odds (1997), History of Great Inventions (2001)

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