Domestic visionary Dyson's totally square kitchen
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted May 5th 2009 4:34PM
posted May 5th 2009 4:34PM
James Dyson, the man who single-handedly transformed the vacuum cleaner from a symbol of domestic oppression to an object of techno-lust, is back on the scene with not one, but a whole coterie of kitchen appliances designed to save space -- by sticking 'em in a box. No longer must Americans stand for tea kettles shaped like tea kettles, toasters shaped like toasters, or for juicers... you get the idea. What's more, these guys are all designed to work together: controls are uniformly placed on the top or front panels, with devices sharing common power supplies. As it stands, this is all currently little more than a story dreamt up on the basis of a patent, fodder for a slow news day, and something which neither Dyson nor his colleagues commit to actually making a real reality -- even if patent US 2009/0095729 tells us a different story. But what the hell? A guy can dream, right?
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That's crazy. !TSRIF.
Nice try, but no dice.
Wooooow! An F word disguised as a T word! Trendy!!
Frendy?
this would be nice for my small nyc apt countertop with one outlet
i like that dyson guy...not sure why
Modern day inventing genius. All off his own back, he is the ultimate backyard inventor + rags to riches story.
i have one of his vacuums in my home, it owns.
Well, 've seen and heard a couple of these vacuum cleaners and I am less than impressed. Personally, I much prefer inbuild vacuums - quiet, powerful and I have to clean them twich a year, tops.
yo dawg, I herd you like appliances, so I put an appliance in your appliance so you can cook while you cook.
(yea, hmm)
*facepalm*
I wonder if my GameCube would fit....
Interesting thought, but I don't think the "gotta catch 'em all" vibe would catch me with this line of block-forming appliances.
I wonder if it sucks?
Having ONE radical modern art appliance in the home is one thing, esp when you can hide it away in a closet. Transforming your entire kitchen is something else entirely. I imagine it would sell well with kids and those with small apts, but us older folk with regular sized kitchens don't buy anything unless it's traditional looking and has a painting of a rooster on it.
Anybody up for cooking tetris?
That's cool, but everyone knows hexagons are the way of the future.
It's actually Alice from the Brady Bunch's birthday today....
I got really excited when I saw alice, i was like
HOLY CRAP ITS ALICE!
True story.
Is it me, or does she look like Craig Ferguson in drag?
FWIW, I hate that his commercials say the Dyson was the first vacuum designed not to lose suction, as the Rexair water filtration design doesn't lose suction, and dates back to the 1920's.
But they are neat looking vacuums.
Any word on a patent for a Dyson Sphere?
thank you, now i feel like i'm no longer alone in thinking of that episode every time i see one of those vacuums!
I'd stick her in her box.
Yes, but on the kitchen counter? It's no dining room table.
Assimilate to the BORG
He could probably fit a MiniGaggia in the box too. MiniGaggia's are awesome like all other gravity fed lever espresso machines. Shame they aren't made anymore. But Dyson could fix that.
Actually, this is one of those ideas that may never see the light of day, but in actuality is totally feasible, useful and smart. And with uniform and simple designs, probably easier and cheaper to manufacture.
I have to say the Dyson is hands down the worst vacuum i have ever owned or used.
I've worked retail and seen so many of them come back because they just didn't have much power. My 40+ year old vacuum, which happens to be older than me, is still kicking and does a better job.
At last I will be able to fulfill my life-long dream of living inside my lego creations!
Devices with energy hungry heating elements and motors all sharing a power supply? Somehow that doesn't sound like the safest or most practical idea.
So I'd like to see how they try to work the Dyson Ball into this one.
The same Product that has the tagline of something like "why use a square vacuum when you live in a round world"
James Dyson is brilliant.
F@#$&in' euro-trash.
Gotta register/squat on DysonDishwasherCanopenerRangeToasterMicrowaveBlender.com
I have a Miele. It can suck up a Target Dyson vacuum and use 25% of the energy. If they ever make it, I'm betting the toaster will work just as well as a Dyson vacuum and be 3x the price of a normal toaster.
I was cleaning out the racks and racks of kitchen appliances in my parents' basement and found something that this reminded me of.
It's called the "party ball", literally a large Pokeball from the 70s that opened up into a set of bowls, cups, plates, etc.
It'd look great next to this thing.