
A fiddly home project gave an electrical engineer a useful obsession: make the light switch easier to install, easier to upgrade and almost boring to use. Eleven years later, Derek Richardson is still chasing the same elegant click.

Before Nanoleaf’s panels became a familiar backdrop for gaming rooms and smart homes, Sunny Han had to explain a light bulb that looked like folded paper. Her career is a lesson in translating unfamiliar hardware into something people can picture in their own lives.