5 Awe-Inspiring Orb-Shaped Lights

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, it’s 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 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. Its orbiting chrome shade can be tilted to change the angle and intensity of 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.