July 15, 2010
Cool, Clean Design
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2010 Right about now, it’s a fair bet that many of us are dragging fans out of cupboards and discovering just how much crud builds up on those things once they start spinning. That and the fact that violently rotating blades are also slightly scary. Among other things, that’s […]
By Metropolis
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on July 2010
Right about now, it’s a fair bet that many of us are dragging fans out of cupboards and discovering just how much crud builds up on those things once they start spinning. That and the fact that violently rotating blades are also slightly scary. Among other things, that’s what motivated British designer James Dyson to build his Air Multiplier, a 21st-century take on the fan that’s joined in Tokyo stores this month by two new additions to the range.
Alongside the original Air Multiplier, we now have a choice of the Tower and Pedestal models, both available for ¥54,000, from mid-July. The bladeless fan works by sucking in air and “multiplying” it into a steady stream that’s supposed to be far smoother than a rotary fan can manage. For this, it relies on black airflow arts known as inducement and entrainment, we’re told. As we tend to take the word of a billionaire industrial designer at face value, let’s just leave it at that, shall we?
