Hello, we are Studio Emil Kowalczyk, a graphic design practice based in Brussels and Hamburg. We are working on visual identities, books, websites, 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.
Studio address
Rue de Nancy 9
1000 Brussels
Belgium
Wellingsbütteler Landstr. 67
22337 Hamburg
Germany
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, Open Book Society, Paula Ábalos, Université de Lausanne, Wiels Brussels
Teaching
2026: Lecture on exhibition graphics at HBK Braunschweig,
2025: Workshop on exhibition design at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Awards
2026: Forms of Publications, 1st prize
1
Bruchstücke. Leerstellen. Blinde Flecken
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2026
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
2
John Baldessari – Parables, Fables, and Other Tall Tales
Bozar Brussels, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: OFFICE KGDVS
3
Studio Forum—Semester Syllabus
ETH Zurich D-Arch, 2026
Design: Emil Kowalczyk
4
A Matter of Space
Self-initiated, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
Photography: Emil Kowalczyk
5
apariciones.net
Paula Ábalos, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Paulina Mohr
Development: Emil Kowalczyk
6
1933–1945HGB
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch, Anna Breit
7
Ma Yansong – Architecture and Emotion
Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: MAD Studio, Beijing
8
Walter Tiemann Prize 2024
open book society e.V., 2024
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Merle Petsch
9
Building Pedagogy
Faculté d’Architecture ULiège, 2023
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: Richard Venlet
10
Age de discrétion.
Galerija Miroslav Kraljević, Zagreb, 2024
11
itsabook.de
Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig, 2021
Design: Anne Dietzsch, Emil Kowalczyk
Development: Wolfgang Schöffel and David Wahrenburg
12
sped-up version
Johannes Kuczera, 2024
13
The Large City
Office KGDVS, 2025
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Photography: Stefano Graziani
14
JEF GEYS – Guide Raisonnable
Wiels, Brussels, 2024
Design: Joris Kritis
Development: Emil Kowalczyk
15
Oculus
Heidelberger Kunstverein, 2025
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Alexey Malygin
16
klassesystemdesign.de
Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, 2023
Design: Emil Kowalczyk, Sohyeon Lee, Merle Petsch and Sören Sandbothe
Development: David Wahrenburg
17
Josef Hoffmann – Falling for Beauty
Art & History Museum Brussels, 2023
Design: Joris Kritis, Emil Kowalczyk
Scenography: Kris Kimpe
18
It’s a book 2023
Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig, 2023
19
Visitantes
Paula Abalos, 2022
Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Paulina Mohr
20
Just Fine
Self-initiated, 2023
Design: Emil Kowalczyk
21
The Word for Museum is Forest
GfzK Leipzig, 2023
Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Merle Petsch
22
It’s a book 2022
Independent Publishing Fair Leipzig, 2022
Design: Emil Kowalczyk and Merle Petsch