In 2010, Alexandre Saumier Demers won a one-year residency at Fabrica, Benetton's Communication Research Center in Treviso, Italy, where he worked on visual communication and interactive design projects with young creatives from all over the world. Returning to Canada, he completed his BA in Graphic design at Montréal's UQAM in 2013, then moved to the Netherlands to study for an MA in Type and Media at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. He graduated in 2014, winning the Royal Academy Master Award and the Department Award Master Type and Media with Lewis, a typeface designed for mathematics. As well as being adept in sign painting and stone carving, Alexandre is an experienced workshop instructor and a programming specialist.