Even the most attractive low-energy compact fluorescent bulbs are pretty ugly. But the Plumen, a so-called “designer energy saving light bulb” released this week in Europe, might just change that. The ...

With the release of Baby Plumen 001, a shrunken version of its award-winning Plumen light bulb, Hulger is making a clear statement that the humble fluorescent light bulb isn't ready for the trash just ...

London-based lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D-printing specialist Batch.Works to develop a range of shades for its LED bulbs that are printed on-demand using recycled plastic. Batch.Works ...

As we have noted previously, the bare bulb has become a permanent fixture of the 21 st-century interior, a design object in and of itself that no longer needs to be covered but can shine on its own, ...

Award-winning British company Plumen has made its reputation on reinventing the lowly lightbulb, with eco-friendly designer bulbs that are now sold and featured in prominent museum collections around ...

Lighting brand Plumen has launched a self-assembly kit that lets people build their own modular chandeliers without using ceiling hooks. The Plumen Chandelier is built using a set of spacer rods, ...

The phone project had taught Roope a few things about getting consumers buzzing about products in the marketplace. Initially, they had set out to make a kind of tongue-in-cheek critique around the ...

Taking the name from plume, Plumen is showing off its own uniquely beautiful designs that also happen to use 80 percent less energy than traditional incandescent light bulbs. What makes this company ...

At the latest edition of Lightovation in Dallas, Bulbrite launched an exclusive distribution agreement with Plumen. Plumen bulbs have a heritage of being true art pieces, and Bulbrite is excited to ...

In 2010, entrepreneurs Nicolas Roope and Michael-George Hemus launched Plumen, an energy-efficient light bulb with design credentials. Six years later, Plumen has become a full lighting company, and ...

Unveiled after five years in the making, the hanging Plumen 003 light bulb combines two lights into one: a focused, direct light below and a flattering, diffused sidelight. HULGER, Claire Norcross, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Before the Plumen 001 was launched in 2010 low-energy lighting solutions had been more about obligation than ...