Reddot Design Award Best of the Best 2010: The Dyson Air Multiplier Fan
Geschreven op 23-10-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Design
Almost anywhere around the world refreshing air is used, be it via fans or air conditioning – and some indoor areas would be unbearable if it was not for fans running 24 hours around the clock.
The working principle of fans is well known: rotating blades create an airflow which in turn creates a cooling effect.
Radically questioning the form and principle of fans, the Dyson Air Multiplier Fan is a device with an entirely new appearance.
With its filigree loop sitting on top of a cylindrical base, it looks rather like a slender sculpture within a room than a generic fan. Though hard to imagine at first, it works without blades, yet is very powerful and can expel up to 450 litres of cool, uninterrupted air every second.
Powered by a brushless and energy-efficient motor, it not only cools efficiently, but is also silent in operation and thus acoustically unobtrusive.
The mechanism by which it makes air move is also the result of a high degree of design creativity: air is accelerated through an annular aperture set within the loop amplifier and channelled into a steady and smooth flow of air. The result is a pleasing effect, because – much like in an airplane – the surrounding air is drawn in and cooled without blowing a strong single jet of air towards the user.
The sense of user comfort and ease is further enhanced by the possibility of tilting the fan with only a light touch and precisely adjusting and directing the cooling stream of air to where it is needed – a fan that looks like an airy object of the imagination and which, at the same time, embodies a new archetype of its product genre. Source: Reddot Design Award
See also: The James Dyson Award 2017
