All Australian Graffiti
Con Aslanis and Mimmo Cozzolino visiting the relics and the rellies. Instamatic by © Heather Cox, Athens 1974
From 1975 to 1978 I was the frontman for the Melbourne illustration and design cooperative All Australian Graffiti. I am holding the studio’s kangaroo folio case designed by my partner Con Aslanis and made by Robert Reid. Jacket embroidery by Heather Cox. Photography © Tim Handfield, 1976.
Both the jacket and the case were included in The Kangaroo in the Decorative Arts at the NGV in 1979. The exhibition was presented by Terence Lane, curator of Decorative Arts.
Designer Con Aslanis. Maker Robert Reid. In the pre-digital era you showed your work to potential clients by carrying printed samples in a standard black folio bought from an art materials shop.
We decided we could do something a bit more engaging so we designed our own folio
Designer and maker A F Ward
Designer Neil Curtis. Maker Bronny Bell.
All Australian Graffiti studio promotional poster. Research and design Mimmo Cozzolino. Copywriting Con Aslanis
From left: Geoff Cook, Izi Marmur, Tony Ward, Neil Curtis, Mimmo Cozzolino, Meg Williams, Con Aslanis in St Kilda Road, St Kilda, two doors from our studio. Photography by Bob Bourne, 1977
All Australian Graffiti, Penguin 1977. Cover artwork on black velvet cushion: A F Ward, photographed by John Street.
For the Penguin launch of the Kevin Pappas Tear Out Postcard Book in 1977 I commissioned this kangaroo pants and feet. Photograph by © Rennie Ellis