THIS ISSUE #2 MARKS A SURREAL SEASON WHERE DESIGN BECOMES A STAGE FOR BODIES AND MEMORY. ARTISTIC AND FASHION EXPRESSIONS COLLIDE WITH RADICAL ARCHITECTURE AND POST-HUMAN IMAGINARIES. STELLA CONTINUES TO MAP THE EDGES OF CULTURE WHERE REBELLION, POETRY, AND FORM INTERSECT.
THE COVER IS SIGNED BY LEILA HEKMAT, WHO TRANSFORMS THE LOGO INTO A MASK, A GESTURE OF CONCEALMENT AND REVELATION. THROUGH HER SIGNATURE, THE COVER BECOMES PERFORMANCE, A CODE TO DECRYPT.
STELLA JOURNEYS FROM AZZEDINE ALAÏA’S HIDDEN PATTERNS TO THE ORGANIC VISION OF SFER IK IN TULUM, THROUGH DESIGN OBJECTS THAT BECOME ACTS OF RESISTANCE. IN EVERY ARTICLE, A DESIRE TO RECLAIM SPACE—BOTH PHYSICAL AND SYMBOLIC—EMERGES.
 
COVER STORY: LEILA HEKMAT 
FASHION: VERONIKA DRONOVA, GAELLE BON, STEFANIA LORINI, SIMONA MELEGARI
FASHION & DESIGN: MATTEO WARD, MANUEL DI PINTO, RICCARDO CONTI
REPORTAGE: MARTINE TRENT, VALENTINA BARTALESI, SIMONA DELL’UNTO