{"id":95871,"date":"2025-12-22T08:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T08:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/?p=95871"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:03:03","slug":"the-best-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccmagazine.es\/en\/the-best-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The best of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a year that reminded us once again of the value of pause, the beauty of the everyday and the transformative power of ideas, at CC\/magazine<\/em> we have continued to do what we do best: explore contemporary culture with a critical, poetic and deeply visual eye.<\/p>\n

Now that 2025 is drawing to a close, we share with you an editorial journey through the year\u2019s highlights: our most read and shared articles, interviews with voices that bring perspective, editorial projects that will continue to grow in 2026, and a curated selection of talents, spaces and creators who \u2014 through their approach, authenticity or vision \u2014 we believe are shaping today\u2019s most compelling conversations.<\/p>\n

But this retrospective is not just ours. In a way, it also reflects what connected us with you this year. Architecture that has restored meaning to what is habitable, destinations that reaffirm purposeful travel, hotels that have crafted experiences without resorting to the predictable. Films that have not chased likes but sought genuine emotion. Books that linger in your thoughts weeks later. Designers who work from the essential. New cultural spaces that interpret the future as collaborative, sustainable and humane.<\/p>\n

This year we have organised this universe into ten key categories. Each contains a curated selection \u2014 conceived from content, not algorithm. Because at CC\/magazine<\/em> we value the good more than the new. We are not obsessed with novelty, but with relevance. And we publish only projects, brands and themes truly aligned with our values and editorial curation.<\/p>\n

Likewise, 2025 has been a year of consolidation and expansion for us. A year in which we reaffirmed that we are not merely a media outlet, but a bilingual editorial platform that champions independent curation, without advertising filters, without noise, without interruptions. Our model remains unchanged: no banners, no disguised ads, no hollow content. And every reader who has journeyed with us confirms it: another way of communicating and creating is still possible.<\/p>\n

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Among this year\u2019s milestones, the fourth edition of The Unusual Barcelona<\/em> stands out \u2014 having evolved into a hybrid format between guide and magazine, consolidating itself as an editorial project that captures the most stimulating aspects of the city\u2019s creative scene. It is not just a publication \u2014 it\u2019s a way of seeing and experiencing Barcelona. In 2025 we have also expanded our points of sale to key spaces such as Monocle Caf\u00e9 & Shop<\/em> (Paris), Under the Cover<\/em> (Lisbon) and Papercut<\/em> (Stockholm), bringing our content to an international network that values quality.<\/p>\n

We have also strengthened our role as media partners of some of the most relevant art and design festivals in the world, such as NYCxDesign<\/em>, Barcelona Design Week<\/em>, Madrid Design Festival<\/em>, Berlin Design Week<\/em>, Bilbao Bizkaia Design Week<\/em>, OFFF Barcelona<\/em>, CAN Art Fair<\/em> (Madrid and Ibiza), Forward Festivals<\/em> and Us by Night<\/em>, among many others. Being there is important \u2014 but telling it with depth is even more so.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, this article is an open letter: a present day archive, a thank you and a promise. Because the best of the year is not a list, but an opportunity to look back with perspective and forward with intention.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the best of 2025. And, as always, thank you for being with us.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Books<\/h6>\n

– \u201cMartyr!\u201d by Kaveh Akbar<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Unusual Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cStolen focus\u201d by Johann Hari<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cTeenagers in Their Bedrooms\u201d by Adrienne Salinger<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cNotes for John\u201d by Joan Didion<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cThe little book of solitude\u201d by Joost Joossen<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cMy Year of Rest and Relaxation\u201d by Ottessa Moshfegh<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cBread of Angels\u201d by Patti Smith<\/a><\/p>\n

– 10 books to enjoy this summer<\/a><\/p>\n

– Sant Jordi 2025: A selection of reads to give and enjoy<\/a><\/p>\n

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Films<\/h6>\n

– \u201cFlow, a World to Save\u201d by Gints Zilbalodis<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cAnora\u201d by Sean Baker<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cI Am Martin Parr\u201d by Lee Shulman<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cAdolescence\u201d by Philip Barantini<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cBird\u201d by Andrea Arnold<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cThe Studio\u201d by Seth Rogen<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cSirat\u201d by Oliver Laxe<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cBugonia\u201d by Yorgos Lanthimos<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d by Paul Thomas Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n

– \u201cSentimental Value\u201d by Joachim Trier<\/a><\/p>\n

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Destinations and hotels<\/h6>\n

– Oostende: art, history, sea and Atlantic calm<\/a><\/p>\n

– Antwerp: a hidden creative gem waiting to be discovered<\/a><\/p>\n

– Lanzarote, chapter two: returning to the island that never stops surprising<\/a><\/p>\n

– Drag\u00f8r and Amagerbro: coastal charm and creative living in Copenhagen<\/a><\/p>\n

– COMBO Venice: architecture, community and culture in a unique blend<\/a><\/p>\n

– Paradis Apartment: a Belgian seaside stay filled with art and design<\/a><\/p>\n

– Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni: a century of elegance in \u201cThe Pearl of Lake Como\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

– Le Pigalle: Paris\u2019s most authentic (and coolest) design hotel<\/a><\/p>\n

– Hotel San Roque: history, art, and hospitality with soul on the Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n

– Casa de las Flores: the hotel that reimagines Lanzarote with art and soul<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interviews<\/h6>\n

– Interview with the team at The Eames Institute of Curiosity<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Benedetta Tagliabue<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Hugh Davison<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Vasilis Marmatakis<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Olivia Ricard<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Pihlmann Architects<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Erik Kessels<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Maria Massad (ITS A MOOD)<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Bofill Taller de Arquitectura<\/a><\/p>\n

– Interview with Josephine Michau (Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Inspiration<\/h6>\n

– Halo, Esther Merinero\u2019s creative retreat<\/a><\/p>\n

– Solo Travel: A different way to discover the world (and yourself)<\/a><\/p>\n

– Reading does us good<\/a><\/p>\n

– The art of saying no<\/a><\/p>\n

– Emotional responsibility at work<\/a><\/p>\n

– Support your creative friends<\/a><\/p>\n

– Rumination sabotages our everyday lives<\/a><\/p>\n

– We don\u2019t deserve animals<\/a><\/p>\n

– The past never sleeps<\/a><\/p>\n

– Redemption and beauty<\/a><\/p>\n

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Art<\/h6>\n

– Oliviero Toscani: the irreverent genius who revolutionised advertising<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Grand Palais reopens its doors after a historic transformation<\/a><\/p>\n

– The art of seeing the invisible: Duane Michals and his photographic legacy<\/a><\/p>\n

– The world of Wes Anderson arrives at London’s Design Museum<\/a><\/p>\n

– St. Vincents: the Antwerp design space that defies labels<\/a><\/p>\n

– James Turrell\u2019s new temple of light at ARoS<\/a><\/p>\n

– The art of the essential: Paris hosts the \u201cMINIMAL\u201d exhibition at the Bourse de Commerce<\/a><\/p>\n

– Time + Matter: craftsmanship that transcends at Valencia Design Fest 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

– Romain Laprade: the beauty of silence<\/a><\/p>\n

– Marta Minuj\u00edn captivates with \u201cIntensify Life\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Design<\/h6>\n

– Zieta: Polish innovation redefining contemporary design<\/a><\/p>\n

– We Are Ona: the art of crafting unrepeatable culinary experiences<\/a><\/p>\n

– Us By Night 2025: the nocturnal festival turning Antwerp into a creative paradise<\/a><\/p>\n

– Buchanan Studio: the art of building worlds that inspire<\/a><\/p>\n

– 3daysofdesign 2025: Design with purpose (1\/2)<\/a><\/p>\n

– Muller Van Severen: when design becomes liveable sculpture<\/a><\/p>\n

– V&A East Storehouse: London\u2019s new temple of creativity<\/a><\/p>\n

– Spacon: rethinking design from a human perspective<\/a><\/p>\n

– AOT Studio: experimental, democratic and sustainable design<\/a><\/p>\n

– ITS A MOOD debuts with \u201cCurvas\u201d, a furniture collection uniting emotion and material<\/a><\/p>\n

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Architecture<\/h6>\n

– Studiolo by Hanghar: the art of inhabiting multifunctional space<\/a><\/p>\n

– Sigla Studio: architecture with memory, spaces with soul<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Red House of Brok: a Scandinavian gem in the rural heart of Poland<\/a><\/p>\n

– Ezequiel Pini and the new life of the Semi-Buried House<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Eames House reopens its doors<\/a><\/p>\n

– Les Blanches de Payzac: where concrete merges with nature<\/a><\/p>\n

– Among the trees: the iconic Forest Tower by EFFEKT Architects<\/a><\/p>\n

– Pailunga: a Tuscan chapel reborn as an artistic residence<\/a><\/p>\n

– MESURA at Casa Batll\u00f3: the second floor\u2019s new life<\/a><\/p>\n

– Nikolaj Kunsthal: a living dialogue between past and present<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hotspots<\/h6>\n

– Under: the submerged marvel redefining the dining experience beneath the sea<\/a><\/p>\n

– El Molino beats again: a new stage for jazz and culture<\/a><\/p>\n

– The MoMA bookstore lands in Seoul with Hyundai Card<\/a><\/p>\n

– La Font del Gat: the return of a beloved Barcelona icon<\/a><\/p>\n

– Alma Nomad F\u00e1brica: a new gastro project designed by Plantea Estudio<\/a><\/p>\n

– The Art of Gifting: ideas to surprise (and get it right)<\/a><\/p>\n

– Arquitectura-G x Kaleos: design with an architectural eye<\/a><\/p>\n

– Good Company: a bookshop where design nurtures connection<\/a><\/p>\n

– Caf\u00e9 Nuances Marais: where coffee becomes futuristic art<\/a><\/p>\n

– MOGO: Milan\u2019s new sensory temple<\/a><\/p>\n

Coming next year: more to discover, and even better!<\/p>\n

(*)<\/strong> Cover image: CC\/studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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