My reflections on my task 2 (Design Excellence): Dyson Digital Slim

To be honest, I am not really fascinated with vacuum cleaners because it's considered a boring and troublesome cleaning machine that everybody hates to use it: it's heavy, needs a big space to store it, most of the time it loses suction power while vacuuming, extending the cables, clearing up the dusts and so on. But there's one vacuum cleaner that has definitely changed my perception towards these cleaning machines, which is none other than the Dyson Digital Slim.

It is a type of a vacuum cleaner that it is suitable for those people who lives in small apartments or cleaning up small messes within a short period of time. The vacuum cleaner could last about 15minutes on regular mode and 6 minutes on MAX or full power. A lot of people might think that "only 15 minutes? Is that enough?" The answers is YES because the main feature of this machine is that it will never losses its suction power as we vacuum because it uses patented Radix Cyclone™ technology. It also spins up to 3 times faster than other normal motors on the market, and creates the most power-efficient cordless vacuum cleaner. With it's lightweight detachable long-reach wand, there is no need to bend your body down to clean narrow gaps and it sucks dust and dirt like there is no tomorrow (according to many customers and reviews from websites). I also like the fact that we can recharge it's battery and clicks into the docking station for storage at the same time. I have also watched a few videos on how to use Dyson Digital Slim and many people are satisfied that it is very easy to attach and detach it's parts. However, at the same time, quite a lot of people have complained that they need to keep on pressing the trigger to vacuum so it could strain their hand and would be quite tiring while operating the machine. Although this method could save some battery life, they do wished that the machine is equipped with a toggle so that they don't have to keep pressing it. Another thing is that this vacuum cleaner is pretty expensive but still, i think all of the customers has recommended friends and families to get one because it's really worth it. 


I have learned so much why is it important to look at the product in terms of visual design elements and principles. Not only the operational-technical functions that would bring the product to 'life', but it is also vital to know how elements like line, shape, colour, texture, rhythm, harmony and etc could make the product even more useful and pleasurable to use. In my opinion, not many people would think that they do appreciate these kind of elements consciously, in fact, they do appreciate it subconsciously. These elements may sound simple and easy to describe, but in reality, we should not underestimate these principles. There is so much more to learn to fully understand these elements so that we can make use of it to create products that could give a good and lasting impression.