Plumen

PlumenType| Privately held

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Industry| Consumer electronics
Founded| 2010
Founders| Nicolas Roope, Michael-George Hemus and Ronnie Renton
Headquarters|

London, United Kingdom

Products| Plumen 001, Plumen 002, Drop Hat, Drop Cap, Drop Top
Services| Energy efficient lighting

Number of employees

| 11-50 employees
Website| www.plumen.com

Plumen light bulb

Image from US patent D738,545 S (Plumen 002 LED bulb)

Plumen is a designer low energy lighting company based in London, UK. The Plumen 001, their debut product, is a designer low energy compact fluorescent light. The design of the Plumen 001 lightbulb is result of collaboration between the Hulger team and designer Samuel Wilkinson. A prototype of the Plumen 001 has been added to MOMA permanent design collection,[1] and has won Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011.[2]

The Plumen 001 bulb launched in September 2010 and was joined by the Plumen 002 that was launched on Kickstarter in January 2014. Plumen also produces accessories and shades to be used with their light bulb designs, establishing Plumen as an efficient designer lighting brand that sells in over 75 countries worldwide.

Plumen's designs and IP was sold to Creative Cables SRl in 2022 who have now taken over the brand and products and continue to sell and develop Plumen products worldwide.

## Contents

* 1 Product Range
* 2 Awards and collections
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Product Range

The Plumen 001 is a compact fluorescent light which uses 11 Watt to emit up to 680 Lumen with colour temperature 2700k (warm white light).

The Plumen 002 is an LED lamp which uses 4 Watt to emit up to 245 Lumen with colour temperature 2200k (very warm white light).

The Plumen 003 is an LED lamp which uses 6.5 watts. to emit up to 250 Lumen with colour temperature 2400k (very warm white light). The bulb was designed in collaboration between Hulger, British industrial designer Claire Norcross and French jewellery designer Marie-Laure Giroux

In 2016 Plumen also launched a lower cost range of designer filament LED bulbs under the brand WattNott

The 001 and 002 lamp designs are protected by US patent D665,930 S and US patent US D738,545 S respectively.

## Awards and collections

* Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Permanent design collection
* Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Permanent design collection
* Victoria and Albert Museum Permanent collection
* MoMA Design and The Elastic Mind exhibition 2008
* The Art Institute of Chicago
* Helsinki Design Museum
* Brit Insurance Design Awards Design of the Year Winner 2011
* D&AD Black Pencil 2011
* Homes & Gardens 'Eco Product of the Year' 2011
* Smarta Award 'Innovation' 2011
* GQ Best Stuff of The Year 2011
* Elle Deco Best Sustainable Design Award 2014 (Plumen 002)
* GQ Best Stuff of The Year 2014 - Plumen 002 (China edition)

## References

1. ↑ "Nicolas Roope. PLUMEN low-energy lightbulb (Prototype). 2007.". https://www.moma.org/collection/works/110465.
2. ↑ Byng, Malaika (20 June 2011). "2011 D&AD award winners". Time Inc.. https://www.wallpaper.com/lifestyle/2011-dad-award-winners.

## External links

* Official Website
* Outdoor Lighting Product
* Brit Insurance Award 2011
* MOMA Permanent Collection Page
* Coverage \- Fast Company (magazine)

* v
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* Lamps
* Lighting
* List of light sources

Concepts|

* Accent lighting
* Color temperature
* Efficiency
* Glare
* Lamp
* Light fixture
* Light pollution
* Lightbulb socket
* Task lighting

Methods of generation|

| Incandescent|

* Regular
* Halogen
* Nernst

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Luminescent|

* Fluorescent
* Fluorescent lamp (compact)
* Fluorescent induction
* Photoluminescent
* laser lamp
* Chemiluminescent
* Solid-state
* LED bulb
* Cathodoluminescent
* Electron-stimulated
* Electroluminescent
* field-induced polymer

Combustion|

* Acetylene/Carbide
* Argand
* Campfire
* Candle
* Carcel
* Diya
* Flare
* Gas
* Kerosene
* Lantern
* Limelight
* Oil
* Rushlight
* Safety
* Tilley
* Torch

Electric arc|

* Carbon arc
* Klieg light
* Yablochkov candle

Gas discharge|

* Deuterium arc
* Neon
* Plasma
* Sulfur
* Xenon arc
* Xenon flash

High-intensity
discharge (HID)|

* Mercury-vapor
* Metal-halide
* ceramic
* Hydrargyrum medium-arc iodide (HMI)
* Hydrargyrum quartz iodide (HQI)
* Sodium vapor

* Theatrical
* Cinematic

* Floodlight
* Footlight
* Gobo
* Scoop
* Spotlight
* ellipsoidal reflector
* Stage lighting instrument

Stationary|

* Reflector
* Parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR)
* Multifaceted reflector
* Ellipsoidal reflector
* Aircraft warning
* Balanced-arm lamp
* Chandelier
* Emergency light
* Gas lighting
* Gooseneck lamp
* Intelligent street lighting
* Light tube
* Nightlight
* Neon lighting
* Pendant light
* Recessed light
* Sconce
* Street light
* Torchère
* Track lighting
* Troffer

Mobile|

* Flashlight
* tactical
* Glow stick
* Headlamp (outdoor)
* Lantern
* Laser pointer
* Navigation light
* Searchlight
* Solar lamp

* Industrial
* Scientific

* Germicidal
* Grow light
* Infrared lamp
* Stroboscope
* Tanning

* Display
* Decorative

* Aroma lamp
* Black light
* Bubble light
* Christmas lights
* Crackle tube
* DJ lighting
* Electroluminescent wire
* Lava lamp
* Marquee
* Plasma globe
* Strobe light

Related topics|

* Bioluminescence
* Chemiluminescence
* Electroluminescence
* Laser
* Photoluminescence
* Radioluminescence

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