Gaia Stella is an award-winning artist based in Milan. She is the author and illustrator of several books, including Become an Architect with Tadao Ando (Helium, 2021, in collaboration with the Pinault Collection Bourse de Commerce) and If I Were a Fungus , which has been translated into six languages so far. Her clients include the New Yorker , the New York Times , Vogue Bambini , and the Boston Globe . Stella's colorful and geometric imagery is inspired by a variety of sources, such as Brutalist architecture, 1980s toys, and books by Tove Jansson.