5 Awe-Inspiring Orb-Shaped Lights
Luminary designers keep the ball rolling with mystic, spherical pendants
Discover a selection of five awe-inspiring spherical pendants that artfully combine striking design with practical illumination. From Viso’s stunning Maggie LED pendant, inspired by the beauty of a cell in division, to the elegant floating gem of David Rockwell’s Phantom Zone, each piece reflects a unique artistic vision and adds character to any room. These carefully crafted creations—ranging from playful to refined—are perfect for enhancing the ambiance of any modern living space.
1. Metallic Mitosis
It doesn’t take a biologist to appreciate the beauty of Viso’s Maggie LED pendant. Shaped like a cell splitting in two, the fixture – available in copper or bronze finishes – includes a magnet attachment that clips onto its spun-steel globe to cast light in the desired direction. $670, at Viso
2. Phantom Zone
Negative space-lover David Rockwell frames a satin opal gem in a hollow matte-black steel cube. Supported by barely there cables, the ball pendant light becomes a floating monolith, sure to provoke a few abstract thoughts. $2705, richbrilliantwilling.com
3. Golden Globes
British designer Lee Broom plays fruit ninja, slicing a cantaloupe-like luminaire into two hemispheres. For added flavour, each half of the sphere pendant light is decorated with a juicy, brushed-brass face. $840, at Klaus
4. Play Ball
A collaboration between local lighting studio Anony and designer Darryl Agawin, the playful Ohm hovers like a snowball suspended mid-air. You can tilt its orbiting chrome shade to adjust the angle and intensity of the sphere pendant light. Contact for pricing, anony.ca
5. Posh Periscope
This made-in-Toronto stunner looks ready to lower down from the ceiling of a spacecraft and scan the premises for alien life forms. One of its eyeball-like bulbs is framed in a brass shade, and the other in hand-blown glass. $1150, at Lightmaker Studio
Originally featured in Issue 2, 2017 as Orbs of Awe.
