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 ...

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 ...

A bulb is a bulb is a bulb. Wait, no, not—not when it looks like this it isn’t. These energy-efficient bulbs make low power consumption a form of high art. Designed by Plumen, which arguably created ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

If one of the main complaints lodged against the compact fluorescent lightbulb is that it’s ugly, all that’s about to change with the Plumen 001. The energy efficient bulb has been hailed as one of ...

Lighting brand Plumen has released a new LED light with a gold-coloured shade inside the bulb that "makes you look more beautiful" (+ slideshow). The Plumen 003 light bulb, which has been five years ...

The Plumen 001 lightbulb, which has been described as the "world's first designer energy saving light bulb", has won the Design of the Year Award at the 2011 Brit Insurance Design Awards today. This ...

At the moment, if you’re looking to move to more eco-friendly bulbs, your choices are compact fluorescents or LEDs. The trouble is that LEDs are still pretty ...

Plumen has revealed its new energy saving LED light bulb, which aims to be both “efficient” and “beautiful”. The Plumen 003 has been designed by product design consultancy Hulger, in collaboration ...

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 ...