From: THE KEVIN PAPPAS TEAR-OUT POSTCARD BOOK AND ALL AUSTRALIAN GRAFFITI. (UNATTRIBUTED PRESS RELEASE WRITTEN BY RENNIE ELLIS, 1977).
One of the All Australian Graffiti originals, Greek-born CON ASLANIS bounces around the studio beaming with bonhomie. While his wisecracks never dry up, his audience of fellow workers sometimes does in which event he lapses into merry dialogue with himself. For someone who once taught art (cake decoration) to trainee chefs at the William Angliss Trades School, Con has achieved a remarkable degree of international recognition. In 1972 he designed a type face he named, with typical Graffiti humour, Yarra. Along with hundreds of other designers around the world he submitted it to Letraset and was one of the 12 winners in the famous company’s international typeface competition. The Yarra face became available around the world as a special Letraset face.
Con also received an award from the New York One Show for his contribution to the Qantas book which set the travel promotion business on its heels.
"It doesn't matter how bloody good you are on technique, if you don't have the ideas you're nowhere", Con emphasises. "The concept behind the craft is what counts if it's going to communicate". The Kevin Pappas symbol of half kangaroo/half Greek immigrant which is now synonymous with All Australian Graffiti, was originally Con’s idea and design.
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