Against the Odds
June 10th, 2007 by Duff OMelia
This autobiography by James Dyson is an excellent book about product design, entrepreneurship, perseverance, and how to create a successful business. James Dyson has invented and brought to market a number of products including the Ballbarrow, a number of very successful vacuum cleaners, the Sea Truck line of boats, and a washing machine.
It was fascinating to read about how he designs products and how he refines his ideas over time. His techniques can be applied to any creative work and I highly recommend this book.
We all have ideas for products all the time. Most of these ideas stay at the “wouldn’t it be great if” stage and are never pursued. Reading this book made me want to design a coffee maker. :)
November 13th, 2008 at 03:22 AM
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