Monica Müller is a graphic designer based in Switzerland who works in the fields of visual communication, publishing, and image creation. Her work spans visual identities, print materials, and digital environments, exploring the relationships between image, typography, and language. She is interested in how images, words, and forms combine to produce meaning. Her work takes the form of publications, visual identities, and other print and digital materials, often at the intersection of culture, art, community, and social discourse. Alternating between freelance work and collaborative projects, she partners with festivals, institutions, artists, and studios in Switzerland and Italy. +–
Monica Müller
Services
Print
editorial design, book design, publishing, poster design, printed matter, visual identity, packaging, corporate design
Digital
web design, motion graphics, type animation, video, coding
Direction
art direction, visual strategy, photography, storytelling, image curation, content strategy
Environment
exhibition design, signage & wayfinding, environmental graphics, installation design
Awards
Eleanor Worthington Award
York [UK] – Urbino [IT]
2025 Award, twelfth edition, DISABILITY AND STRENGTH
2025
Newcomer Weltformat
Luzern [CH]
Two winning posters
2021
Junge Grafik Award
[CH]
Winner with the project "The MFG Posters"
2021
Current
Freelancer
Lugano [Ticino][CH]
Designer
2022–ongoing
CCRZ
Balerna [Ticino][CH]
Graphic designer
2026–ongoing
Locarno Film Festival
Locarno [Ticino][CH]
Graphic designer
2025–ongoing
Spazio L’Ove
Lugano [Ticino][CH]
Collaborator and graphic designer
2024–ongoing
Academic background
ISIA
Urbino [IT]
Master's degree in Graphic and editorial design – Photography
ECAL
Lausanne [CH]
Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in Visual Communication, major in Graphic Design
CSIA
Lugano [CH]
Graphic AFC
Past
Welformat Design Talk
Luzern [Kornschütte][CH]
Speaker, Lecture
2025
Crampi al cuore festival
Locarno [Ticino][CH]
Radio and conference moderator
2023
Central studio
Lugano [Ticino][CH]
Collaborator, Web designer / Graphic designer
2019—2023
Fanzine! Festival
Montreuil [Parigi] [FR]
Staff
2022
Notter+Vigne
Lausanne [Vaud][CH]
2021
Collletttivo
[MI]
Typography workshop
2021
Graphic Days Torino
Torino [IT]
Staff
2020
Studio Bitdesign
Montagnola [Ticino][CH]
[I]
2018
Prestampa Taiana
Muzzano [Ticino][CH]
[I]
2018
Exhibitions and press
typo/graphic posters
Online
Press
2025 – on going
Paris Photo
Polycopies 2025
Paris [FR], Exhibition
2025
PhMuseum – Photobook Mania
Bologna [IT]
Exhibition
2025
EXPOSITION ECAL DIPLÔMES 2024
Lausanne [CH]
Exhibition
2024
Junge Grafik
Luzern + Zurich + Geneva + Sierre [CH]
Exhibition
2021
Weltformat
Luzern [CH]
Exhibition
2021
Exhibition CCA
Lugano [Ticino] [CH]
Exhibition
2021
La lettera neutra
Milano [IT]
Magazine
2021
Where flowers bloom
Ticino [CH]
Magazine
2021
Diritti umani in Svizzera
Spazio Morel Lugano [Ticino] [CH]
Exhibition
2020
Halifax Magazine
Bienne [CH]
Magazine
2020
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10 Jahre Offener HörsaalEditorial2026The Black CubeEditorial2026Il Giardiniere – CdTEditorial2026Abisso bluIdentity [S]2026CloserIdentity [P]2026Nusca FestivalIdentity [I][P]2026I FisiciIdentity [P]2026Pardo DailyEditorial2025Locarno SpecialEditorial2025Musicdoor 40 anniEditorial2025Archeologia all'inversoEditorial2025Birdmen MagazineEditorial2025Archeologia del PresenteEditorial2025Locarno MeetsIdentity [I][P]2025Prismi 26 — LuminanzaIdentity [I][P][W]2025Panorama suisseIdentity [I][P]2025Future OfIdentity [I][P]2025Ascona-Locarno MapIdentity [I]2025Venir menoIdentity [I]2025Fronte internoEditorial2024Edizioni ArcheEditorial2024Voci del MaglioEditorial20242030 CHF revueEditorial2024Amiata popmusikIdentity [S]2024Du bist die SonnenstubeEditorial2023KAOS-3Editorial2023Sulle tracce degli antichi egiziEditorial2023Hoppa Skok wearIdentity [I][S][O]2023StrappazzonIdentity [I][S][O]2023BiscocchiIdentity [I][O]2023Il posto delle fragoleIdentity [DV][P]2023Casa GabyEditorial2022Eureka! Scuole MassagnoEditorial2022Laughing HoleIdentity [T][P][I]2022MaterialIdentity [P]2022Focus AlloggiEditorial2021Numerik festivalIdentity [P][I]2021Forget me notIdentity [I]2021Tutti i colori del gialloIdentity [I]2021Dante dayIdentity [I][S]2021Museum für GestaltungEditorial2020Swiss NeutralityIdentity [P]2020Saluti dal DuemilaventiIdentity [E][P][I]2020Diritti umani in SvizzeraIdentity [E][P][I]2020Touch me softly or notEditorial2019We are fishArchive [ED]2023ONU 12Archive [ED]2022Les cabrisArchive [ID]2022Archive egliseArchive [ID]2022Genesi antropicaArchive [ED]2021Io voto donnaArchive [ID]2021Weltformat NewcomerArchive [ID]2021Ginevra MacchiArchive [ED]2020Protesta! Protesta!Archive [ED]2020Modular cardArchive [ID]2020Cambio di paradigmaArchive [ED]2019Copy pasteArchive [ED]2019Guida per detentori di caniArchive [ID]2019
Swiss-based designer working across graphic design, visual communication and photographic research, with a focus on publishing, visual identity and storytelling through imagery. Experienced in developing visual systems, publications and printed materials for cultural organizations, festivals, educational initiatives and sociocultural projects.

Trained at ECAL in Lausanne, she now lives between Lugano and Urbino, collaborating with Swiss and Italian graphic studios and contributing as a designer to the Locarno Film Festival.

Each project stems from careful consultation with clients and collaborators — photographers, curators, artists, editors and cultural institutions — within a fluid network based on trust, listening and shared vision.

Contact
info@monicamueller.ch
Instagram, Behance

Services

Print: editorial design, book design, publishing, poster design, printed matter, visual identity, packaging, corporate design

Digital: web design, motion graphics, type animation, video, coding

Direction: art direction, visual strategy, photography, storytelling, image curation, content strategy

Environment: exhibition design, signage & wayfinding, environmental graphics, installation design
Experiences
Freelancer, Lugano [Ticino][CH], Designer, 2022–ongoing

CCRZ, Balerna [Ticino][CH], Graphic designer, 2026–ongoing

Locarno Film Festival, Locarno [Ticino][CH], Graphic designer, 2025–ongoing

Welformat Design Talk, Luzern [Kornschütte][CH], Speaker, Lecture, 2025

Spazio L’Ove, Lugano [Ticino][CH], Collaborator and graphic designer, 2024–ongoing

Crampi al cuore festival, Locarno [Ticino][CH], Radio and conference moderator, 2023

Fanzine! Festival, Montreuil [Parigi] [FR], Staff, 2022

Central studio, Lugano [Ticino][CH], Collaborator, Web designer / Graphic designer, 2019—2023

Notter+Vigne, Lausanne [Vaud][CH], 2021

Collletttivo, [MI], Typography workshop, 2021

Graphic Days Torino, Torino [IT], Staff, 2020

Studio Bitdesign, Montagnola [Ticino][CH], [I], 2018

Prestampa Taiana, Muzzano [Ticino][CH], [I], 2018


Academic background
ISIA, Urbino [IT], Master's degree in Graphic and editorial design – Photography

ECAL, Lausanne [CH], Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in Visual Communication, major in Graphic Design

CSIA, Lugano [CH], Graphic AFC


Awards
Eleanor Worthington Award, York [UK] – Urbino [IT], 2025 Award, twelfth edition, DISABILITY AND STRENGTH, 2025

Newcomer Weltformat, Luzern [CH], Two winning posters, 2021

Junge Grafik Award, [CH], Winner with the project "The MFG Posters", 2021


Exhibitions and press
Paris Photo, Polycopies 2025, Paris [FR], Exhibition, 2025

PhMuseum – Photobook Mania, Bologna [IT], Exhibition, 2025
typo/graphic posters, Online, Press, 2025 – on going

EXPOSITION ECAL DIPLÔMES 2024, Lausanne [CH], Exhibition, 2024

Junge Grafik, Luzern + Zurich + Geneva + Sierre [CH], Exhibition, 2021

Weltformat, Luzern [CH], Exhibition, 2021

Exhibition CCA, Lugano [Ticino] [CH], Exhibition, 2021

La lettera neutra, Milano [IT], Magazine, 2021

Where flowers bloom, Ticino [CH], Magazine, 2021

Diritti umani in Svizzera, Spazio Morel Lugano [Ticino] [CH], Exhibition, 2020

Halifax Magazine, Bienne [CH], Magazine, 2020
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