A Language is the collaborative practice of Martin Stoecklin and Melina Wilson, working together with Emma Kürz. The studio is active in the wide-ranging field of visual communication, specialising in design for print, digital formats, and physical spaces. Guided by ideas rather than dogma, each project grows out of its own idiosyncrasies, evolving into clear concepts and engaging interfaces. Clients and collaborators include cultural and academic institutions, artists, and businesses.
Awards
100 Beste Plakate (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2018
Publications and exhibitions
Monthly Design South Korea, feature, 2022
100 Beste Plakate DE/AT/CH, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Fabrikzeitung, Zurich, 2019 (guest editor), 2020 (contribution)
Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2018
Lectures, teaching and juries
HKB/Bern Academy of the Arts, teaching (since 2025)
HKB/Bern Academy of the Arts, jury (2024, 2025)
HfG Karlsruhe, lecture and workshop (2024)
HSD/University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, teaching (2021—2022)
ECAL Open Day, talk (2022)
Parallel-Parallel (Zurich), talk (2022)
Werkplaats Typografie, teaching assistant (2019—2020)
Selection of clients and collaborators
Aargauer Kunsthaus (Aarau), Accademia di architettura (Mendrisio), Atélier Frédéric Dedelley (Zurich), Denise Bertschi (artist, Zurich), Vanessa Billy (artist, Zurich), Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, BURRI (Glattbrugg), CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Martin Chramosta (artist, Basel), Conen Sigl Architekt:innen (Zurich), Daidalos (Zurich), Gioia Dal Molin (curator, Rome/Zurich), Das gelbe Haus (Flims), edition fink (Zurich), Edition Metzel (Munich), Efa – Energie für alle (Zurich), EPFL (Lausanne), ETH (Zurich), Fabrikzeitung (Zurich), Galerie Mark Müller (Zurich), gta Verlag (Zurich), Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart/Berlin), Haus für Kunst Uri, Hier und Jetzt Verlag (Baden), HKB/Bern University of the Arts, Institute of Art History/University of Zurich, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Kunsthaus Pasquart (Biel), Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunstmuseum Thun, Mark Pezinger Verlag (Vienna), Migros Kulturprozent (Zurich), Marjeta Morinc (lithography, Basel), Mousse Publishing (Milano), Musée Picasso (Antibes), Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel, Nouveaux Commanditaires/Neue Auftraggeber:innen (Geneva), Palazzo Strozzi (Florence), Park Books (Zurich), Pro Helvetia/The Swiss Arts Council, Quart Verlag (Luzern), Christoph Ramisch (architect and researcher, Zurich), Christine Streuli (artist, Berlin), Stadt Zürich, Studio Maria Conen (Zurich), Studio Olafur Eliasson (Berlin), Studio Other Spaces (Berlin), Svizzera 240 (Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matt Vanderploeg, Ani Vihervaara, Zurich), Swiss Social Archives (Zurich), Verlag für moderne Kunst (Vienna), Westpol Landschaftsarchitekten (Basel), WOZ – die Wochenzeitung (Zurich), ZHdK/Zurich University of the Arts, Mara Züst (mediator, researcher, Zurich)
Former interns
Lea Huser, Simona Koutná, Adrian Schnegg, Rahel Preisig, Aline Pedrazzi, Ania Pravorotskaya, Sophia Becker
© 2026 A Language
A Language is the collaborative practice of Martin Stoecklin and Melina Wilson, working together with Emma Kürz. The studio is active in the wide-ranging field of visual communication, specialising in design for print, digital formats, and physical spaces. Guided by ideas rather than dogma, each project grows out of its own idiosyncrasies, evolving into clear concepts and engaging interfaces. Clients and collaborators include cultural and academic institutions, artists, and businesses.
Awards
100 Beste Plakate (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2018
Publications and exhibitions
Monthly Design South Korea, feature, 2022
100 Beste Plakate DE/AT/CH, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Fabrikzeitung, Zurich, 2019 (guest editor), 2020 (contribution)
Most Beautiful Swiss Books 2018
Lectures, teaching and juries
HKB/Bern Academy of the Arts, teaching (since 2025)
HKB/Bern Academy of the Arts, jury (2024, 2025)
HfG Karlsruhe, lecture and workshop (2024)
HSD/University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, teaching (2021—2022)
ECAL Open Day, talk (2022)
Parallel-Parallel (Zurich), talk (2022)
Werkplaats Typografie, teaching assistant (2019—2020)
Selection of clients and collaborators
Aargauer Kunsthaus (Aarau), Accademia di architettura (Mendrisio), Atélier Frédéric Dedelley (Zurich), Denise Bertschi (artist, Zurich), Vanessa Billy (artist, Zurich), Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, BURRI (Glattbrugg), CAN Centre d’Art Neuchâtel, Martin Chramosta (artist, Basel), Conen Sigl Architekt:innen (Zurich), Daidalos (Zurich), Gioia Dal Molin (curator, Rome/Zurich), Das gelbe Haus (Flims), edition fink (Zurich), Edition Metzel (Munich), Efa – Energie für alle (Zurich), EPFL (Lausanne), ETH (Zurich), Fabrikzeitung (Zurich), Galerie Mark Müller (Zurich), gta Verlag (Zurich), Hatje Cantz (Stuttgart/Berlin), Haus für Kunst Uri, Hier und Jetzt Verlag (Baden), HKB/Bern University of the Arts, Institute of Art History/University of Zurich, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Kunsthaus Pasquart (Biel), Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunstmuseum Thun, Mark Pezinger Verlag (Vienna), Migros Kulturprozent (Zurich), Marjeta Morinc (lithography, Basel), Mousse Publishing (Milano), Musée Picasso (Antibes), Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel, Nouveaux Commanditaires/Neue Auftraggeber:innen (Geneva), Palazzo Strozzi (Florence), Park Books (Zurich), Pro Helvetia/The Swiss Arts Council, Quart Verlag (Luzern), Christoph Ramisch (architect and researcher, Zurich), Christine Streuli (artist, Berlin), Stadt Zürich, Studio Maria Conen (Zurich), Studio Olafur Eliasson (Berlin), Studio Other Spaces (Berlin), Svizzera 240 (Alessandro Bosshard, Li Tavor, Matt Vanderploeg, Ani Vihervaara, Zurich), Swiss Social Archives (Zurich), Verlag für moderne Kunst (Vienna), Westpol Landschaftsarchitekten (Basel), WOZ – die Wochenzeitung (Zurich), ZHdK/Zurich University of the Arts, Mara Züst (mediator, researcher, Zurich)
Former interns
Lea Huser, Simona Koutná, Adrian Schnegg, Rahel Preisig, Aline Pedrazzi, Ania Pravorotskaya, Sophia Becker
© 2026 A Language