James Dyson

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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James Dyson is a visionary inventor, designer, educator and founder of Dyson, a global company transforming ordinary household appliances into design and engineering marvels. He joins to discuss his iconic career, the role of failure in the creative process, and how good design can reshape the way we live.

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0:00.0	I mean, I'm a designer and an engineer. I'm not a money man or a manufacturer. I was making a product I loved. It's strange to love vacuum cleaners, but I did and still do.
0:15.9	From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman.
0:23.0	On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do,
0:28.0	how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about, and working on.
0:32.3	On this episode, James Dyson talks about his life and some of the groundbreaking products he's designed.
0:38.9	I wasn't aware that what I was doing was anything unusual or different.
0:42.8	I was just doing it my way.
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1:46.1	Mission control.
1:48.0	I've encountered some new technology beyond anything we've...
1:52.2	Excuse me, are you on GIFCath or something?
1:55.0	Yeah, and they just saved me 200 quid on this new Samsung Galaxy S-25.
2:00.3	Is that why you're apt in for you?
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