Hello, we are a graphic design studio based in Hamburg and Brussels. We are working on visual identities, books, websites, posters, exhibition graphics for institutions and individuals in the cultural field. For more information, a portfolio request, a commission or just a chat, feel free to reach out on Instagram or by mail. Merci.

INDEX (Selection)
2026
Art Nouvaeu Versus Art Deco?, Hortamuseum Brussels (Book)
Bruchstücke, Leerstellen, Blinde Flecken, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Book)
Studio Forum—Semester Syllabus, ETH Zurich D-Arch (Book)
2025
1933–1945HGB, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Exhibition, Poster)
A Matter of Space, Self-initiated (Book)
apariciones.net, Paula Ábalos (Website)
Ma Yansong – Architecture and Emotion, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam (Exhibition)
John Baldessari – Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales, Bozar Brussels (Exhibition)
Oculus, Heidelberger Kunstverein (Exhibition)
The Large City, Office KGDVS (Book)
2024
Age de discrétion., Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb (Exhibition)
imagesascomrades.org, Heiko Schäfer (Website)
JEF GEYS – Guide Raisonnable, Wiels, Brussels (Website)
sped-up version, Johannes Kuczera (Book)
Walter Tiemann Prize 2024, open book society e.V. (Book, Visual identity, Poster)
2023
Building Pedagogy, Faculté d’Architecture ULiège (Exhibition)
The Word for Museum is Forest, GfzK Leipzig (Exhibition, Poster)
Josef Hoffmann – Falling for Beauty, Art & History Museum Brussels (Exhibition)
Just Fine, Self-initiated (Book)
openbooksociety.de, open book society e.V. (Visual identity, Website)
It’s a book 2023, Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig (Exhibition)
klassesystemdesign.de, Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (Website)
2022
Identity It’s a book 2022, It's a book Leipzig (Poster, Visual identity)
Visitantes, Paula Ábalos (Book)
2021
itsabook.de, It’s a book Leipzig (Website)
CLIENTS AND COLLABORATORS

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig (HGB), Alba D’Urbano, Bozar Brussels, Els Silvrants-Barclay, ETH Zurich, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (GfZK), Galerija Miroslav Kraljević Zagreb, It’s a book Leipzig, Johannes Kuczera, Joris Kritis, Jurgen Ots, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Merle Petsch, Open Book Society, PANORAMA, Paula Ábalos, Paulina Mohr, Université de Lausanne, Wiels Brussels, Zentrum für optimistische Bergbauforschung

TEACHING

Lecture on exhibition graphics at HBK Braunschweig, 2026
Workshop on exhibition design at Bauhaus Universität Weimar, 2025

AWARDS

Forms of Publications, 1st prize, 2026
Schönste Deutsche Bücher, 2026

STUDIO ADDRESS

Rue de Nancy 9
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Wellingsbütteler Landstr. 67
22337 Hamburg
Germany

1

Art Nouvaeu Versus Art Deco?

Hortamuseum Brussels, 2026

Design: Joris Krits, Emil Kowalczyk

2

Bruchstücke, Leerstellen, Blinde Flecken

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2026

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch

3

John Baldessari – Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales

Bozar Brussels, 2025

Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk

Scenography: OFFICE KGDVS

4

Studio Forum—Semester Syllabus

ETH Zurich D-Arch, 2026

Design: Emil Kowalczyk

5

A Matter of Space

Self-initiated, 2025

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch

Photography: Emil Kowalczyk

6

apariciones.net

Paula Ábalos, 2025

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Paulina Mohr

Development: Emil Kowalczyk

7

1933–1945HGB

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2025

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch, Anna Breit

8

Ma Yansong – Architecture and Emotion

Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 2025

Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk

Scenography: MAD Studio, Beijing

9

Walter Tiemann Prize 2024

open book society e.V., 2024

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch

10

Building Pedagogy

Faculté d’Architecture ULiège, 2023

Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk

Scenography: Richard Venlet

11

Age de discrétion.

Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, 2024

12

itsabook.de

It’s a book Leipzig, 2021

Design: Anne Dietzsch, Emil Kowalczyk

Development: Wolfgang Schöffel and David Wahrenburg

13

sped-up version

Johannes Kuczera, 2024

14

The Large City

Office KGDVS, 2025

Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk

Photography: Stefano Graziani

15

JEF GEYS – Guide Raisonnable

Wiels, Brussels, 2024

Design: Joris Kritis

Development: Emil Kowalczyk

16

Oculus

Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2025

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Alexey Malygin

17

klassesystemdesign.de

Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2023

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Sohyeon Lee, Merle Petsch and Sören Sandbothe

Development: David Wahrenburg

18

Josef Hoffmann – Falling for Beauty

Art & History Museum Brussels, 2023

Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk

Scenography: Kris Kimpe

19

imagesascomrades.org

Heiko Schäfer, 2024

Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch

Development: Emil Kowalczyk

20

It’s a book 2023

Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig, 2023

21

Visitantes

Paula Ábalos, 2022

Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Paulina Mohr

22

Just Fine

Self-initiated, 2023

Design: Emil Kowalczyk

23

openbooksociety.de

open book society e.V., 2023

Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Merle Petsch

Development: David Wahrenburg

24

The Word for Museum is Forest

GfzK Leipzig, 2023

Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Merle Petsch

25

Identity It’s a book 2022

It's a book Leipzig, 2022

Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Merle Petsch