In this material, Maryna Markova tells us about a recent initiative called the Sharing Kiosk — a mobile pavilion that doesn’t sell but shares.

What do young people need in the places where they live, study, work, and spend their free time — and how can we involve them in shaping the city? To explore this question, public designer and urban project manager Katya Romanova spoke with two local youth institutions in Berlin-Pankow: Kinder- und Jugendbüro Pankow  and Gangway e.V.  Together, they share insights, experiences, and strategies for making urban planning more inclusive and responsive to the needs of young people

During the summer residency of the Urban Storytelling School, we talked with Vladiya Mihaylova from Toplocentrala – chief curator for visual arts at the new art center in Sofia that provides a platform for independent art, performance, and community engagement. The conversation is part of the Urban Storytellers Journal and touches on urban change, democratic processes, young people, and the relationship between art, community, and public life.

e first met Dimitar Nikolov during Imagining Cities – a symposium for situated practices within the Nine Elephants Festival, where his imaginative approach to urban space through sculpture immediately stood out.In this conversation, we talk about the dialogue between art and the city, how young people engage with public space, the value of temporary interventions, and the ways in which material and place carry memory and meaning.

he conversation revisits the topics introduced in the earlier piece “The Red List of Sofia – Threatened Spaces Unfolded”[1], which we published at the beginning of the year.