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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let’s get the heresy out of the way first: I hate CFLs. Yes, I know, they are saving energy and thereby saving the world. But the color of the light is harsh, and nothing will reconcile me to that. So ...

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

A new electronic drive and thermal management reference design that simplifies development of high-brightness light-emitting diode (LED) bulb fixtures that replace incandescent or compact fluorescent ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... There was a time in recent memory when hanging a bare bulb as a domestic light source suggested a lack of decorative imagination, an absence of house pride, ...