After a century of unimaginable technological change, the incandescent lightbulb is much the same. It may be the most backward technology in use on a large scale, and yet it endures, even inflames.

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a series that examines the lessons behind the most disruptive products in history through the lens of design. Few products in recent history have been as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

A recent article examinedlight patterns from commonlighting bulbs andtook apart a Philips LED bulbto understand how its use of a secondaryphosphor affects its light ...

Maybe I was born in the wrong century, because the color of light really matters to me. Fluorescent’s ugly flicker makes me nervous; the CFLs are an evil stepmother, harsh and cold even when they ...

Practical LED bulbs are now available from a number of sources. One manufacturer, Cree, Inc., reached a milestone in LED lighting with the development of a 75-watt replacement bulb more than 100 years ...

Designer Samuel Wilkinson and product design company Hulger, founded by Poke director Nik Roope, have been awarded the 2011 Brit Insurance Design of the Year award for the Plumen 001 energy-saving ...