The starting point for AARO was a gesture. A movement. Simon Schmitz wanted to create a movement as fluid as possible that would lead him immediately to the sphere. A sphere has so many fantastic attributes. With a sphere as a hinge, there are no limited directions—it has no left or right, no up or down. So, with the sphere as the defining element of this piece, everything else “revolved” around it. The geometry, the balance, the friction. It all comes down to the sphere, visually pointing at it. The end result is an object that appears to be moved by the wind. It spins effortlessly around its centerpiece, like planets orbiting each other. With AARO, inspired by Aaron's rod, magician Simon Schmitz levitates his lamp.