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‘Mon père est vraiment un très bon<br />

joueur de Diabolo’, dit Giovanna<br />

Castiglioni, la fille du légendaire<br />

designer italien Achille Castiglioni.<br />

Elle parle de l’un des passe-temps<br />

favoris de son père, le jeu de<br />

jonglerie dérivé du yo-yo Chinois,<br />

dans lequel une pièce en forme de<br />

sablier va d’avant en arrière sur une<br />

ficelle entre deux baguettes. En 1998,<br />

ce jeu d’équilibre ancestral a inspiré<br />

la dernière collaboration d’Achille<br />

avec Flos : la suspension Diabolo.<br />

‘My father was a really, really good<br />

Diabolo player’, says Giovanna<br />

Castiglioni, daughter of legendary<br />

Italian designer Achille Castiglioni.<br />

She’s discussing one of his favorite<br />

pastimes—the juggling game, derived<br />

from a Chinese yo-yo, in which an<br />

hourglass-shaped object is spun<br />

back and forth on a string between<br />

two sticks. In 1998 the age-old<br />

balancing act served as inspiration<br />

for Achille’s final collaboration with<br />

Flos—an adjustable pendant lamp<br />

with the same name.<br />

Courtesy of Fondazione Achille Castiglioni<br />

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