But best of all, the CREE LED Bulb emits a natural, incandescent-like light, making it a great bulb to light any space in your home. Plus, you'll feel good when using it: conversion to LED-only lighting could cut lighting-based energy consumption in half.

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The Go's portability solves a common issue with lighting: getting it exactly where you want it to be. For example, why kill a party's vibe with overhead lights when this'll do the trick? Or how about in a backyard where outlets are non-existent?

Shown with the simple Drop cap Pendant, the Plumen 001 is the original energy-saving bulb from Plumen. The bulb’s dynamic design mimics the filament found in incandescent bulbs, but its glass, sculptural silhouette makes the bulb look more elegant than traditional bulbs and standard CFLs. The Plumen 001 has a screw fitting that fits into any lamp that accommodates a standard screw bulb.

Both the Eclipse and Silhouette lamp models produce light with low-energy LED bulbs embedded in the lower half of the lampshade.

A rechargeable battery powers the bulb and will provide six hours of run time.

Bunch of Bulbs pendant lamp by KiBiSi. Designed in 2005 with standard plumbing fittings. Limited Edition. Photo courtesy of KiBiSi

Pick your Edison bulb poison: filaments in creative shapes from Tiab Inc.

WeMo LED Lighting starter set by Belkin, $130 The energy-efficient, fully dimmable LED bulb offers the equivalent brightness of a 60-watt incandescent and will last over 20 years. With Belkin’s app, you can control the bulbs from anywhere and even program them to turn on and off when you’re on vacation.

The Philips Hue Go hits the market at the end of May at Apple stores, Best Buy, and Amazon for about $100.

Some of the items, like the radio tube bulb available on the desk lamps, feel more novel than functional.

The Plumen 001 Baby is the more compact version of the Plumen 001. The Baby’s 9-watt power is equivalent to a 40-watt incandescent in terms of illumination and it has a lifetime of eight years— typical incandescent bulbs last up to one year. CFLs tend to produce harsh light reminiscent of fluorescent lamps, while the Plumen 001 Baby diffuses warm white light.

A closer look at the Plumen 001 bulb. The Plumen 001’s 11-watt power is equivalent to a 55-watt incandescent in terms of illumination. It also has a lifetime of eight years, while typical incandescent bulbs last up to one year.

How smart is the smart home if nobody can understand it? That's the question that drove Shaun Springer to create Astro, a lighting and audio startup that believes smart home solutions should be as simple as screwing in a light bulb.

We'd find our way around the tents at night with this natural beech flashlight with an energy-efficient bulb from Areaware. $48. Photo by James Ransom.

The Companion table lamp is lit by an LED bulb.

"The smart home space is littered with companies that have catered exclusively to the savvy technophile. These products offer a bevy of features and tech-specs with largely unnecessary integrations to attract the innovators and early adopters," Springer writes about the challenges of scaling smart home technology. "The high-tech terms and confusing instructions read like the list of side-effects in a pharmaceutical ad, deterring mass market adoption."

The 15th annual Palm Springs Modernism Show & Sale returns to the Palm Springs Convention Center with rare goodies offered by top dealers. The show kicks off on Friday, February 13 with a gala kickoff party and runs through Monday, February 16.

Our suburban house, up for sale.

The Plumen Drop Cap Pendant Set was designed to coordinate with the Plumen 001 bulb, and also supports the smaller Plumen 001 Baby and Plumen 002 (shown). The Drop Cap contains an interior screw fixture and covers the upper part of the bulb, creating a simple and elegant frame of the glass tubes of the bulb. The Plumen 002 mimics the shape of an incandescent bulb, while adding a sculptural, sophisticated slant.

Architect: John Replinger Location: Urbana, Illinois Price: $296,000 Replinger may not be as hallowed a name as Kahn or Meier, but the 1960s-era one-story home he designed in Illinois a worthy descendant of Glass House-style American modernism. Bonus? It's already been meticulously renovated. [via Curbed]

Inspired by nature, the Calla Pendant Light’s design is based on the calla lily flower. This glass pendant light is a part of Niche Modern’s new Crystalline Collection of lights, which embraces fresh, bright colors alongside boldly defined angles. Available in a fleet of inviting colors, each Calla pendant is blown by hand in New York.

The Plumen 002 has a screw fitting that fits into any lamp that accommodates a standard screw bulb, and its 7-watt power is equivalent to a 30-watt incandescent in terms of illumination. It is shown with a red Calla Pendant Light from Niche Modern.

On sale here are pillows made by Pop Pop Stuft.

Passami Il Sale utensils for Serafino Zani, 2007.

Winged light bulbs, part of an Ingo Maurer fixture, bring levity to Hill's bathroom. The space features a zinc wall by Houston metalworker George Sacaris, who also did the bathroom and kitchen cabinets.

The Excel floor lamp comes flat-packed and used two CFL bulbs.

The Cluster Chandelier, made of reclaimed black steel and glass bulbs, is by Andre Joyau.

Looking for master bedroom lighting ideas for a vaulted ceiling? Try this one, where a gaggle of Edison bulbs are suspended from a vaulted ceiling and drape over an exposed beam in this otherwise sparse bedroom.

Feature Filaments Even though LED has taken center stage in lighting design over the past several years, it was once again the humble incandescent bulb that featured in three new pendant lights launched at the show. An incandescent bulb shines out from within a smoked-grey, hand blown glass shade and conical wire frame on the Hooked Pendant Lamp by London studio Vitamin.

The two-headed wall sconce by Onefortythree is constructed of bent steel tubing in durable black or white powder-coat. The socket is available in brass, or teak or walnut veneer, and the 40-watt globe bulb is included. ($95)

A large, exposed bulb hangs lower than its peers on a three-bulb pendant. The simple design effectively spreads subtle but diffuse light across this elegant, neutral-toned bedroom.

One of many books that are half-off at MoMA's big book sale.

Edison bulb lamp incorporating reclaimed metal parts picked from an estate sale and Pacific Maple.

If I could walk out with one lighting fixture, it would be this $395 cluster of mirrored bulbs.

A 1966 issue of Domus features an interiors story on Italian designer Ettore Sottsass's apartment on via Manzoni in Milan that he shared with his first wife, literary agent Fernanda Pivano. The items included in the Christie's private sale are from Pivano's estate and comprise the earlier years of Sottsass's lengthy and influential career.