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Bryn Griffiths

Bryn Griffiths
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Research Associate:
Bryn Griffiths / RCA Industrial Design Engineering

Research partner:
Dyson Research

Year of completion: 2000

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introduction

A design study that explores more effective ways to communicate how domestic appliances work to an ageing population, using the Dyson Dual Cyclone vacuum cleaner as the main case study. Can the appliance be designed to instinctively inform the user of its functions, or do people have to read complicated instruction manuals?

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