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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In 2010, entrepreneurs Nicolas Roope and Michael-George Hemus launched Plumen, an ...

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 ...

Lighting brand Plumen has launched an LED light bulb that offers a more sustainable alternative to its 001 bulb, which was named the Design of the Year by London's Design Museum in 2011. Plumen has ...

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 ...

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 designed a set of LED Edison light bulbs that it claims have a lifespan of a quarter of a century. The low-energy WattNott is based on the design of classic Edison light ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five years ago, the company set out to answer a different question: Can an LED lightbulb make the people it illuminates more beautiful? The resulting bulb–the Plumen 003–isn’t quite a magic mirror.

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 ...