Below are a few links to Lazarus Ioannou’s friends, favourites, and affiliates who support and inspire. Enjoy.
MERTH BODY + BEAUTY: Certified Esthetician and Massage Practitioner Michelle Secord runs this charming spa in Oliphant, Ontario, Canada. She promises to make you feel as beautiful as you are. Laz had the pleasure of designing her graphic identity, product packaging, and marketing communications, as well as having a relaxing massage or two! www.merthspa.wordpress.com
UPTOWNHUSTLE APPAREL: If T-Shirts are the messengers of our modern times, they might as well say something good. Uptownhustle makes funny, cool, and provocative pop-culture based designs on shirts that you’d be proud to wear beyond bedtime or housepainting. www.cafepress.com/uptownhustle
CASTING CALL of CTHULHU: Go behind the scenes and follow the intriguing process of a film’s genesis. Artist Laz assisted with prop-painting and a bit of thespian stand-in for a ‘CGI’ monster in this comedy/horror short film which debuted in Rio , Brazil at the juried ‘RioFan 2008’ Film Fest. The film presents brilliant writer/director Joseph Nanni‘s hilarious vignette of what strange characters you might expect at an open casting audition for a horror film based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Click here ‘Casting Call of Cthulhu’ to view, and be prepared to laugh with fear!
METROPOLITAN HOMESICK BLUES: This ongoing document is a beautifully written account of life outside the ‘big city’ and its trappings. Ed Nanni is a writer with a lifetime of worldly achievement, and regularly spins his ‘Southampton Stories: Where I Am Compared To Where I Was’ tales of his new life in Saugeen Shores- far from Toronto and just fine. www.metropolitanhomesickblues.wordpress.com
Amanda Jones of “PaperJones” is an artist, illustrator, and graduate of Toronto’s OCAD. She loves paper and has an obscene collection of the stuff to prove it. Greeting cards are one of her favourite things to create. Own one of her unique, whimsical and wonderful designs and smile. www.paperjones.ca
April Dubois-Patry is a Bruce-Grey County, Ontario artist who creates beautiful high-fired, functional pottery out of her home-studio on the shores of Georgian Bay. Lazarus has the pleasure of owning her unique and stunning dinnerware, as well as designing her logo. www.pottersdaughter.wordpress.com
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