Claudio Ceccarelli

IED Milano

24 years old

Brescia, Italy

How has your everyday-life changed? What do you do to fulfill your day?

Basically, I got back to the everyday life from which I was trying escape: "self-management" when you work from home has always been the most difficult part of my job as a free-lance designer. I am not a morning-kind of guy: I prefer to keep working late and that makes my schedule quite unconventional (I feel guilty about that). I am so passionate of what I do that I would never stop: I always think of what I should do, how to do it better and how to grow. It is a good thing and I am aware of that, still it is very alienating to not be able to go out, to distract and take my eyes off of screens.

Your work is built on creativity. While we’re all in quarantine, what is your solution to keep on being creative? Where do you find your inspiration in this moment?

I think that this is one of the most positive facts of Internet and social networks: we always hear everyone talk about the cons, complaining that we use it improperly and we are always advised about the risks that come with them. It is all true and sacred. Still, when it comes to creativity, Internet is a never-ending source: in one moment we can know anything, see it and comment it; we can look to our references the most we can, taking inspiration from their work or from our companions' ideas. In this sense, Internet is a savior.

What is your biggest fear right now?

I have too many fears to choose only one: I fear that people I love would get the virus, I fear what is going to happen next, the crisis and all the disastrous consequences. I am scared that this virus could compromise forever the experience I was living and that was fundamental in my growth. I really don't know where to start!

What will you do once all of this is over?

It is hard to imagine a post-Coronavirus future, since every day we hear news that force us to completely re-imagine it. In February you think that you will be able to spend Easter Sunday with your girlfriend; in March you give up to the fact that you are not going to see her before the summer comes; in April, you just tell yourself: "Whatever will be, will be! Let's just hope to see each other, one day."