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We Want This Lunar ‘Orbit’ Light So We Can Play God at the Dinner Table

We’re a pretty satisfied bunch, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t covetous. Sometimes we see things out there that we just must have. Cool Things We Want is an archive of those earthly desires.

(via) The Orbit Light by South African artist Jesse Ede was inspired by the journeys that moons take around planets. Made of solid brass, the light sees a bulb (a moon) suspended at the end of a long, elegantly curved arm that can rotate a full 360 degrees around a “planet”, which is really, a cast-bronze dome. The light-emitting moon can be positioned at the owner’s whim and fancy, the lighting effect changing with every degree it moves.

    UBC Farm’s Spring Workshops Make a Strong Case for Getting Your Hands Dirty

    A full run of practical, well-built sessions that move from soil to kitchen, giving you a reason to start something new.

    2026 CSA Guide: The Best Produce Box Programs in Vancouver. Score Before It’s Too Late!

    Looking for a CSA in Metro Vancouver? Our 2026 guide breaks down the best produce box and farm share programs, with pricing, pickup details, and honest recommendations.

    We Want to Jetset to Montreal for the Menu Extra & Dan Climan Pop-Up This July

    This summer the Montreal artist, who sports cred as an Emily Carr School of Art + Design graduate, is growing his food-art relationship with a series of lux, collab pop-up we can only dream of attending. Time to buy a lottery ticket!

    We Want to Quench Our Thirst for Spring with KPU’s New 桂 Reverie Beer

    Our appetite for tasty and creative craft beer is bottomless. So the moment news of what students enrolled in the Diploma in Brewing and Brewery OperationsKwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) have been brewing up lately landed in our inbox, we got awfully thirsty...