Elena Saharova is an independent designer & weekend artist. Born in Altai,living and working in Moscow, RU. In 2015, Elena opened her own authorial course in visual design and relevant design tools on the Soft Culture platform.
And in 2018, she was chosen as a judge at the CSS Design Awards. The jury had only 3 experts from Russia among 280 people. Among other things, Elena became the co-founder of the craft studio The Chayka Shop, where, together with photographer Julia Potato, she created an unusual soap in abstract forms.
The audience and the media very warmly accepted the project, they wrote and talked a lot about it, including as the most beautiful soap in the world. Despite enormous experience, Elena is still inclined to romanticize the design environment.
She herself says that she lives in an ideal world where no one can act as a dictator, there are no limp performers, and all decisions are made by the team.
