Chandeliers can be pretty classy if they’re done right, but they can also take up a lot of space and gather a lot of dust. What someone should do is make a tiny chandelier, and encase it in a light ...

Annotated designs drawn by inventor Thomas Edison to improve his first ever electric lightbulb have emerged for sale for £90,000. The scientist, who is often credited with perfecting the carbon ...

When Irene Conable moved from her 1927 historic home into a sleek condo last year, both in Riverside, she alighted upon compatible accents for her mother’s 19th century furnishings and antiques. She ...

Early Edison light bulbs were a thing of beauty, but they were also terribly inefficient. Modern LED bulbs are much more efficient, but they aren’t always beautiful. Luke Anderson, a product designer ...

Edison Light Bulb, 1879, Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Thomas Edison used this carbon-filament bulb in the first public demonstration of his most famous invention—the light bulb, ...

This story is part of a special series that explores energy issues. For more, visit The Great Energy Challenge. Timed to mark the 131st anniversary of Thomas Edison’s invention of the lightbulb, ...

Having worked on graphic, interior and product design for 12 years, self-taught designer Lo Yat-ming, founder of product design company NAP and co-founder of online shop Light With Shade, is making ...