Chiara's Coffee Table

• The beauty of morning runs 7 months ago It makes me feel free, powerful and in control to go running early in the morning. It doesn’t need to be a long run, or a fast one, as long as it’s challenging enough to break a sweat. There is something poetic about running – it’s free, you just need a good pair of running shoes and...
• Welcome (back)! 7 months ago …and after 6 months of thinking, video-calling, drafting & reviewing between Beijing and Shenzhen, the new Chiara’s Coffee Table is live! This blog has evolved together with me and has been a pretty much constant presence in my life since its first launch, back in 2013. How is the new Coffee...
• Creativity comes in many shapes 11 months ago Twenty years ago I met a man. Back then, he was not more than a boy, kind, gentle, generous. He would ride his motorbike to school without a helmet, play tennis with his friends, be the soul of the party and then spend hours and hours at his piano doing scales and studying ‘solfeggio’. He […]
• The light at the end of the tunnel 11 months ago It's there - I promise. I see it.
• Work in the time of Corona virus 1 year ago THE SHOW MUST GO ON. …and don’t get me wrong – this is a good thing after all. To have something to be busy with, to socially interact with co-workers, to feel the warmth and the healthy pressure of every-day responsibilities. All the people I’m talking to are actually happy that fear and...

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