About the work

She knows exactly what she is. And she wants you to know it too.

Stella-1 introduces a new lineage into the Futuropia Robots universe a figure defined not by contemplation or kinetic force, but by presence. The gaze is direct, the posture composed, the asymmetric AR visor worn with the casual authority of someone for whom technology has always been an extension of personality rather than a layer placed over it. One eye visible, one obscured. She decides what you see.

The design language shifts here away from the organic fluidity of the Kyumi series toward something sharper, more urban, more fashion-conscious. The helmet is clean, the antenna delicate, the mechanical grid at the throat a detail that would not be out of place in a Balenciaga technical brief. Di Nicolantonio draws Stella-1 at the intersection of robotics and couture a figure that exists equally in the engineering lab and on the runway.

This is the robot that wants to be looked at. Not studied, not feared, not understood looked at. And on those terms, she is completely in control.

Stella-1 is the founding figure of a new Futuropia lineage. The Kyumi series asks what robots feel. Stella asks something more immediate: what do they want?

An original drawing from the Robots series by artist-futurist Sébastien Di Nicolantonio.

Edition Unique original — one of a kind

Signature Hand-signed by the artist

Authentication Sold with certificate of authenticity and gallery invoice

Technique Original drawing — pen on paper

Dimensions 29.7 × 42 cm — A3 format

Framing Unframed — framing available upon request