The Lives of Trees

Ester Castelnuovo has a degree in scenography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to his numerous collaborations with publishing houses, Castelnuovo creates animated scenography and illustrated backdrops for notable theatres, such as the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, Italy. Valentina Figus was born in Milan in 1986. She has a degree in Communication and Visual Design at Politecnico of Milan. She has worked as a freelancer for several publishing companies, creating digital interactive books, graphic layouts and illustrations and infographics for educational books. Massimo Domenica Novellino has a personal passion for plants and biodiversity, as well as travel, photography, and writing. With that, he is a PhD candidate at the University of Padua and teaching assistant at the University of Milan for botany. Novellino authored several books with the university, including a guide of its botanical garden.