Elsachaves

Work / Graphic Design

Elsa Chaves

Words by Jez Burrows, Sunday 01 July 2007

Keeping it in the family this Sunday – Elsa Chaves makes up one half of an impressively talented couple, her significant other being the previously featured Tyler Lang. Elsa has some wonderful work including this modular sweet packaging – also see her reworked on screen graphics for the Mexico 70 World Cup.

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