NightOrbs Blog
Introducing New Orblet Copper Stem System & Our 50% Off Holiday Sale
Eight Inch Standard Color Orbs: 50% Until December 31st Now until December 31st, 2019, we are selling standard color eight inch orbs for 50% off! With our updated website, you can now shop and contact us using your phone or tablet. Our line of eight inch standard...
Introducing Our Newest NightOrbs™ Product: Rope Light Fixtures
We’re happy to introduce a new product that looks great as a garden, landscape or walkway detail. Check out our new Rope Light Fixtures! They’re the perfect holders for our 8” Orbs or 4” Orblets. These Rope Lights are hand made GFRC (glass fiber reinforced concrete)...
NightOrbs™ Partners with Produktworks Design to Create Solar System Orrery
We like to think our designs have always been out of this world, but when we got the opportunity to partner with Produktworks Design, an engineering firm, we co-created something truly special. This orrery, or mechanical model of the solar system produced for Tycho...
Watch Our Video to See These Giant Orbs Come to Life
We recently took on the challenge of blowing 5 24″ gold NightOrbs™ for a customer in Sunnyvale, CA. That’s right, these orbs were two feet in diameter, weighing in over 40 pounds each!Watch As We Create These Huge Orbs Check out this video where you can see us in...
Creative Placement of NightOrbs™
Peter Tow, an architect from New York City, specified NightOrbs™ as part of the night lighting around his client’s home in Jakarta, Indonesia. Here’s a look at part of his order before it was shipped out:Check Out the Final Project! Peter installed thirteen 18″ and...
Outdoor Lighting Completes a Landscape Design
A good landscape plan and implementation can put you in closer communication to the natural world and all the joys of color, fragrance and movement that that entails. Different shrubs bloom from mid-winter through summer and even in fall. Later fall colors and berries...
The Beauty of Simplicity
We are impressed with one of our customer’s recent use of white NightOrbs™. Our client wanted to add some stylish, yet minimalist flair to their modern home. They placed 3 large white orbs (13″, 18″, and 24″ in diameter) in a water feature in front of their house. The...
The Magic of Color
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark: the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light. -Plato (427-347 B.C.) On a recent trip to Chicago, I attended SOFA (Sculpture, Objects & Functional Art Exposition). This annual event...
Which Tool In Your Design Tool Kit Is Often Overlooked? Lighting
Interior designers have many tricks up their sleeves when it comes to creating interior design schemes, and lighting is the tool that is least often used. Lighting is an essential element to complete any room, and NightOrbs™ has designed products to inspire your...
NightOrbs ™ Announces Contest Winner
Thank you to everyone who participated in our latest contest to guess the most sold orb patterns over the past 10 years. It helps us better understand your preferences so we can adjust and improve on existing color patterns. Unfortunately, there was only one winner...
La Belle Epoque Inspired Illumination by Max Randolph and Tom Rupnicki
One of our Earth-patterned, egg-shaped orbs was recently integrated into a sculpture over a cooking grill. Notice the white bottom meant to project more light in the cooking area.This beautiful glass and steel light brings back memories of the...
Congrats to Our Contest Winner, Ani G.!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our latest contest to guess the most sold orb patterns over the past 10 years. It helps us better understand your preferences so we can adjust and improve on existing color patterns. Unfortunately there was only one winner...
Video of 18 inch NightOrb in Production
See the largest NightOrb in production at our glass studio. Listen to a full explanation of the production process for a golden 18 inch diameter NightOrb that weighs 33 lbs.
NightOrbs™ Awarded Best of Houzz 2016
Over 35 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building, Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World [Philadelphia, USA], February 17, 2016 – NightOrbs™ of Media, PA has won “Best Of Customer Service” on Houzz®, the leading...
NightOrbs featured by BeaurCombs & Associates Inc.
Our handcrafted orbs were recently featured by BeaurCombs & Associates Inc., a landscape architecture firm out of Washington State. Their post, Brighten Up Your Winter with Landscape Lighting, features NightOrbs as a fun outdoor lighting option. Here’s an excerpt...