Born and raised in the East Westphalian town of Höxter, he began his diploma in graphic design at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig. The focus in the main course was in typography and photography. With Monika Schnell (Ulm), Inken Greisner (Berlin) and Ulrike Stolz (Mainz) he laid the foundations in the application of typography and in the design of own fonts.

For photography, Hartwig Klappert, Michael Ruetz (both Berlin) and Rolf Nobel (Hannover) have shaped his view and selection in editorial design.

During his studies, Christoph Luchs became a tutor in the field of desktop publishing and in the professional commission for the typography professorship in the design department.

An Erasmus scholarship leads to Manchester, where he studied at the School of Art and Design in Salford Illustration. During this time numerous photographs were taken in medium format.

With his work „Fluchtlinien“ to texts by the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard („The frantic standstill“) and Paul Virillo („The Negative Horizon“), he completed his studies with Prof. Ruetz and Cem Alexander Sünter. The photographic series on the subject of „Speed“ and „Disappearance“ includes five selected motifs, which, in a lightbox, show the inner workings of the Paris Metro, the Munich subway network and other subway stations.