The award-winning Plumen lightbulb gets a baby version in redesign

The only enviable light bulb of last year is back. Light bulb envy sounds petty, but when Brit Insurance Design of the Year winners are involved, it isn’t. The inevitable phasing out of traditional lightbulbs with ugly eco replacements was all getting a bit dull yet Samuel Wilkinson and Hulger’s curvy, stylish Plumen 001 was an unexpected design solution to new EU regulations and obviously welcomed happily last year. “It’s a bulb that doesn’t need a shade and so goes a long way to make up for the loss of the Edison original,” said Design Museum stpremo Deyan Sudjic.

This week sees the release of the Baby Plumen 00, a shrunken version of the original, not losing any charm its counterpart has, so brilliant for shaking up your lighting options. Can we have a supersize Plumen next, please?