Giovanni Raspini's latest creation, presented in Milan last week, is called Babylon. A huge creative effort on the part of the patron, who has generated an extraordinary collection that skillfully combines inspirations from the wonderful world of 1920s and ‘30s Art Deco with the shapes and charm of the animal world. «I have always been fascinated by Art Deco, the movement that was born with the famous Parisian Exhibition of 1925,» says Giovanni Raspini. «But what I like most is the veritable explosion of signs that the new style brought about over a twenty-year period throughout our...