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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 bulb. The makers of the Plumen bulb say it uses 80 per cent less energy and lasts eight times longer than an incandescent bulb.
Stephen Bayley, chairman of the Brit Insurance judging panel, says, 'The Plumen light bulb is a good example of the ordinary thing done extraordinarily well, bringing a small measure of delight...