Local Milanese firm A/R Studio created this series of lamps called Firefly. As designer Antigone Acconci explained to me, the inspiration came from childhood, when she and her siblings would collect fireflies in the summer and keep them overnight in jars. By morning, she'd wake up to find that her mother had let the insects go, replacing them with coins.  Photo 11 of 14 in Milan, 2010: Day Two by Amanda Dameron

Milan, 2010: Day Two

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Local Milanese firm A/R Studio created this series of lamps called Firefly. As designer Antigone Acconci explained to me, the inspiration came from childhood, when she and her siblings would collect fireflies in the summer and keep them overnight in jars. By morning, she'd wake up to find that her mother had let the insects go, replacing them with coins.