The Journal of Social Vision’s end-of-year survey gathers the perspectives of colleagues, curators, and critics on the most important events and topics in art in 2025. We are starting the series with the answers by Maria Vassileva, curator, critic and art historian.

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