Surely this is the future.
This short video demonstrates the next level of 'Super' super-capacitors. The best bit...they're biodegradable!
Posted by: Eddie 25.02.2013
Made in England - Benjamin Electric Ltd
The Benjamin Electric Lighting company was founded in the late 19th Century by Reuben Berkley Benjamin in Chicago, Illinois. The companies success lead to expantion from Chicago to New York, San Francisco, Toronto, London & Birmingham.
Posted by: Eddie 13.02.2013
GravityLight- inspirational design for developing countries
Here at Skinflint we love clever sustainable design and the GravityLight is both. Offering a real alternative to Africa's ubiquitous kerosene lamps, the only thing it uses is the force of gravity.
Posted by: Sophie 14.01.2013
Ephemeral clouds: the art of Berndnaut Smilde
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde's fascination with the ephemeral has led him to master the art of creating his own clouds.
Posted by: Sophie 20.12.2012
Is it the end for fluorescent lighting
Scientists in Wake Forest University in North Carolina have developed a alternative to fluorescent lighting using polymers.
Posted by: Eddie 03.12.2012
No. 001: Prismalux Bulkhead by Wardle
A stop motion video documenting a Prismalux bulkhead during its restoration process.
Posted by: 14.11.2012
Original Pifco Heatlamp catalogue
A lovely selection if images from our original 1960's Pifco Infradette catalogue
Posted by: Sophie 29.09.2012
A Brilliant Idea: The LED Story
A beautiful short film, illustrating why LED bulbs are the future, saving the planet energy and CO2, and saving you money.
Posted by: Sophie 22.02.2012
Monumental Light: James Turrell's Skyspaces
James Turrell is an artist whose palette is the planet we live on. He makes light monumental and encourages his audience to look 'beyond', to see the extraordinary in the every day.
Posted by: Sophie 31.01.2012
'Holophane' a short History Of Prismatic Lighting
Holophane began to manufacture prismatic shades pretty much at the birth of electricity. Prismatic shades break up and spread the beam of light into a myriad of beams using prisms, making a lower voltage bulb a more effective light source.
Posted by: Sophie 29.10.2011
Lighting in Bathrooms IP Ratings made simple
We are often asked about bathroom lighting. The fact of the matter is that it's not as straightforward as I Like that light, I'll buy it for my bathroom. Something called an IP rating is rather important in a bath or wet-room. But just because you have fallen for a light that is not IP rated it does not mean you can't use it in your bathroom.....
Posted by: Sophie 20.10.2011