Plumen

Plumen
Privately held
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.

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 a LED lamp which uses 4 Watt to emit up to 245 Lumen with colour temperature 2200k (very warm white light).

The Plumen 003 is a 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 20016 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

References

  1. ↑ "Nicolas Roope. PLUMEN low-energy lightbulb (Prototype). 2007". MoMA. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Byng, Malaika (20 June 2011). "2011 D&AD award winners". Wallpaper. Time Inc. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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