After much frustration at home from a poorly-performing vacuum, pick-up artist James Dyson took matters into his own hands and ended up revolutionizing the 100-year-old vacuum industry by exposing and eliminating its most fatal flaw: the bag.

• Before James Dyson invented the bagless vacuum, vacuum cleaners had used the same principles for collecting dust since 1901.
  
• The average home accumulates enough dust in a year to fill a bathtub.
  
• $500 million a year is spent on replacement bags.
  
• James Dyson attended the Royal Academy of Art in London.
  
• New Dyson employees build a vacuum cleaner on their first day to take home.
  
• Other companies made millions because Dyson's hose wand patent was incorrectly handled.
  
• Dyson vacuum cleaners are in the design collections of museums in London, San Francisco and Paris.
  
• Dyson is currently designing an automatic vacuum cleaner that does the vacuuming for you.
  
• James Dyson received the Designer of the Decade Award in 1999.
  
• Dyson vacum cleaners retail for $399-$749, depending on model purchased
  
• The Cyclone Vacuum costs between $340-$499, while normal bag vacuums range from $100-$350.

Resources

Dyson, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
866-693-9766
usa.enquiries@dyson.com, www.dyson.com

Dyson vacuums come in various models and may be ordered online from Amazon.com:

Dyson DC07 Cyclone Animal Upright Vacuum, Purple

Dyson DC07 Cyclone Animal Upright Vacuum, Steel/Yellow

Dyson DC07 Cyclone Upright Vacuum with Floor Tool, Purple/Scarlet