Sir James Dyson | "DC02 De Stijl" Vacuum Cleaner | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Title: "DC02 De Stijl" Vacuum Cleaner

Designer: Sir James Dyson (British, born 1947)

Manufacturer: Dyson Ltd.

Date: 1996

Medium: polycarbonate (clear plastic canister), polyethylene vinyl acetate (purple hose), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene / ABS (glossy red plastic), polyvinyl chloride / PVC (wheels), and metal

Dimensions: a - body: 12 5/8 × 19 11/16 × 11 5/8 in. (32 × 50 × 29.5 cm)
b - purple hose: 76 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (195 × 5.5 cm)
c - steel connector: 39 1/16 × 1 15/16 × 2 9/16 in., 1.3 lb. (99.2 × 5 × 6.5 cm, 0.6 kg)
d - large brush: 3 9/16 × 11 × 9 1/4 in., 0.9 lb. (9 × 28 × 23.5 cm, 0.4 kg)
e - curved brushless attachment: 11 13/16 × 2 3/16 in. (30 × 5.5 cm)
f - purple flat brush (medium): 2 1/8 × 4 13/16 × 3 3/8 in., 0.1 lb. (5.4 × 12.3 × 8.5 cm)
g - round red and purple brush: 3 3/4 × 2 3/16 × 1 7/16 in., 0.1 lb. (9.5 × 5.5 × 3.7 cm)
h - red crevices tool: 6 1/8 × 1 7/16 in., 0.1 lb. (15.5 × 3.7 cm)
total weight: 18 lb. (8.2 kg)

Classification: Machines & Appliances

Credit Line: Gift of James Dyson, Dyson Ltd., UK, 2001

Accession Number: 2001.360a-h

Marking: Stamped (front of electrical plug of component 'a'): Approved by BSI / KM 33605 [in rectangle] / 2244 [in rectangle] / 13/250~ [in rectangle] / PAS 003 [in rectangle] / 21 / 12345 [in circle, with arrow symbol pointing on 3] / 123456789101112 / 97 [in circle, with arrow symbol dividing the '97' and pointing on 1]; Stamped (back of electrical plug of component 'a'): dyson; printed (on purple plastic of component 'a'): DE STIJL / LIMITED EDITION; Printed (on red plastic of component 'a'): dyson; Printed (on transparent plastic of component 'a'): max; Stamped (inside red plastic of component 'a'): B / ABS [plastic id. triangle]; Stamped (on yellow plastic of component 'c'): DYSON; Printed (front of component 'd', in black): dyson / dual cyclone / TECHNOLOGY; Stamped (underside of component 'f'): 1 / MADE IN FRANCE;
Stamped (front of component 'g'): DYSON; Stamped (front of component 'f'): dyson; Stamped (side of component 'h'): DYSON

the designer (1996–2001; his gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "A Century of Design, Part IV: 1975–2000," June 25, 2001–January 6, 2002, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900 to the Present," June 23, 2009–May 1, 2011, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Highlights from the Modern Design Collection: 1900–Present, Part II," May 23, 2011–July 1, 2012, no catalogue.