Clovis Vallois (Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris) graduated in 2006 after studying visual communication in Freiburg, Germany. After earning his diploma he spent the next 6 months working at the Studio Philippe Apeloig in Paris and subsequently set up his own design business. Clovis continued his studies in type design at the Zurich University of the Arts and graduated in 2008. Since then he has been working part-time at the Zurich University of the Arts while is running his design studio. In 2009 he was awarded with the Tokyo Type Directors Club 'Prize Nominee Work' for the Unknown Alphabet poster.