Mass Consumption

Standard Design

Standard Design — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:12:00 +0000

Standard Design

Northampton, MA

Standard Design has been making both corporate and creative graphic stuff since 1996, and wears many hats as a designer: After Effects animator, illustrator, print designer, web designer, cartoonist, and writer. Clients include locals such as Turn It Up! CDs, The Franklin County Bar Association, WFCR, LAZER 99.3, and a mural for Easthampton City Arts. National clients include VIBE magazine, Fleet, Car and Driver, and the AMC network.
Standard Design has been the unofficial recipient of every major regional and national art directing and advertising award in the New England area for the past decade, with the exception of 1999, which was an "off year".

Portfolio and online store

Broken Lines, A Graphic Novel

Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot!, a weekly comic strip

Denny Schmickle

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:49:00 +0000

Denny Schmickle

Tulsa

A talented fellow.

Portfolio and online store

Mark Pedini

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:47:00 +0000

Mark Pedini

Austin, TX

Mark Pedini was corrupted early on by underground comic artists such as Daniel Clowes, Peter Bagge, Robert Crumb and Dennis Worden. Stymied by an inability to create narrative or sequential action, Mark chose instead to emulate his idols in one-frame scenarios that represent fragments in time not unlike the fragments of thought that dance through his stimuli-addled brain.

Having attended a state college for studio arts (BFA Printmaking) Mark was particularly receptive to screenprinting during the lost, post-academic years of wandering. As a resident artist at AS220 in Providence, he began to make screenprinted posters to promote performances on the unjuried stage.

Mark continues to love music and make posters in Austin, TX.

Portfolio and online store

Tooth

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:46:00 +0000

Tooth

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Tooth! aka Ramen Royale! aka Dale Flattum! A talented bastard!

Portfolio and online store

Tooth on gigposters.com

strawberryluna

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:45:00 +0000

strawberryluna

Pittsburgh, PA

[From her website:] I am a screen printer and designer born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I moved 300 miles away from home only to realize that I am, in fact, still in Pennsylvania. This gives me a lot of practice correctly spelling "Pennsylvania". Now I make my home in No Rules Pittsburgh with my husband and our dog.
While most kids were out stealing concert posters from clubs, I was busy swiping circus posters from telephone poles. Propaganda art and absurd random associations fascinate and influence me. I am lucky enough to work from the fantastic community print studio Artists Image Resource.

Allison's fine screenprinting work can also be found on ETSY and gigposters.com

Portfolio and online store

Jeremy Majewski

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:26:00 +0000

http://www.magichousekey.com/

Daggett Furniture

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:25:00 +0000

Daggett Furniture

Leeds, MA

[from his website:] Barry Daggett began studying woodworking and furniture design while attending the University of New Hampshire. Since graduation, he has been been concentrating on fine furniture and one-of-a-kind pieces. Each piece is designed and crafted by the artist, from the thoughtfully selected materials to the hand-rubbed finish. Upon completion, each piece is signed and dated.

Barry's work has been shown through juried furniture shows and galleries nationally. Pieces are also commissioned for designers and private collections. In addition to being awarded for design, Daggett's work has been featured in Custom Woodworking Business, Fine Woodworking and Woodwork Magazine.

Daggett Furniture

Banner Queen

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +0000

http://www.bannerqueen.com

Nate Duval

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +0000

Nate Duval

Westfield, MA

Nate Duval has been making hand-printed, silkscreen rock posters for local and national touring acts for just over three years. His work has been featured in a large number of gallery shows and is globally renowned and loved.

When not producing new gigposters, art prints or other super cool products, he is freelancing for corporate clients (big and small!) all around the country. Skills include: Copywriting, print design, album art, packaging design, contract screenprinting, e-commerce and web site design and illustrator.

Clients include: Blue Q, Motts, Disney, Spoon (the band), Wilco, The Iron Horse Entertainment group, Explosions In the Sky, Okkervil River, The Valley Advocate, Pub Records, Constant Artists Management and many more.

http://www.nateduval.com/

Music, Art and Posters Blog

Count WestWest

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:19:00 +0000

http://www.myspace.com/countwestwest

The No-Shadow Kick

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:19:00 +0000

The No-Shadow Kick

Northampton, North Andover, Holyoke MA

Hailing from the same former shoe-manufacturing capital of the world that brought us delicate poet Rob Zombie and hard rocker John Greenleaf Whittier, No-Shadow Kick was formed in 1994 under a completely different name and played music they're too embarrassed to talk about right now. Joshua (guitar, vocals), Tom (bass) and Shawn (drums) were HAPPY. From the rural hills of Haverhill, Massachusetts, the boys migrated to the rural-er hills of Northampton, Massachusetts, where they have long since ceased looking for an audience to play in front of.

They released their DIY self-destructing debut Basement Make-Out Party in 1999, a full-length CD written and recorded in the band's basement rehearsal space. After releasing a promo EP in 2001 (aptly titled The Promo EP), the band shrewdly decided to avoid the limelight by waiting four more years before releasing their latest effort, 2005's hastily assembled Spatializing Sound in the Time Domain. Joshua left the group to pursue husbandry, while Shawn cleverly decided that since he knew how to play drums, he could probably play guitar, too. With Tom taking over vocal responsibilities, Sturgis Cunningham was added to the lineup in an attempt to inject a slight amount of professionalism into the group. The attempt failed, but he was retained regardless.

The No-Shadow Kick (adding the "The" to the beginning of the band name - that was another shrewd marketing move) does not play live very often. The No-Shadow Kick does not rehearse often, or really see each other all that much, either. As of this writing, there isn't even a photo of all of the band members in the same place at the same time. Though they would like to think of themselves as "mysterious" or perhaps even "enigmatic", they are, in fact, not. They do, however, write some pretty good songs every once in awhile.

Official Homepage - with mp3 downloads and other crap

NSK on MySpace

Sturgis Cunningham

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:18:00 +0000

Sturgis Cunningham

Holyoke, MA

I am a drummer based in western Massachusetts. I have been playing professionally for over ten years and have toured and recorded extensively in the U.S. My list of recordings and projects range from singer/songwriter to funk, R&B, soul, hip hop and the like. I just came off from a national headlining tour with Martin Sexton and made festival appearances with him and his band throughout the summer. When not on tour, I do studio work for local and national artists and I teach a limited number of students.

homepage - with mp3s and video

myspace

Matt Smith

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:17:00 +0000

http://www.matt-illustrations.com

Mister Reusch

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:16:00 +0000

Mister Reusch

Newton, MA

Spooky!

MisterReusch.com

Spooks By Reusch

Dogs By Reusch

Poster Blog

Sketchbook Blog

ETSY store

Black Cat Burlesque

La Gata Negra

Susan Paradis

Standard Design — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:14:00 +0000

Susan Paradis

Merrimac, MA

[From her website:] I grew up in Arlington, Mass. and went to Matignon High School in Cambridge. Despite anxious warnings from the Sisters of Saint Joseph involving my immortal soul, Sigmund Freud, a licentious environment and a bleak future, I applied to the Massachusetts College of Art. The protests of the good nuns notwithstanding, by some miracle I was accepted.

Fast forward. Eight years, three children and one divorce later - I returned to Massart to get a teacher’s certification. The city of Haverhill hired me within a week of my course completion and I spent the next thirty years teaching art at Haverhill High School. My approach to teaching was simple. I believed that inside even the most wayward child, lived a five year old who wanted his work on the refrigerator. I wanted to make that happen. It turned out – we needed a really big refrigerator! (Loved those Haverhill kids!) During twenty of those teaching years I also worked as a freelance illustrator. (Three children approaching college in quick succession will force your hand.)

The arrival of my first grandchild set the wheels in motion for this last stage of my career. Those first few years of watching my son as a parent triggered the five year old in me. Having been raised without one, I just didn’t understand fathers. What was their role? What was the nature of the bond? One day I was holding my grandson on the balcony of their high rise while waiting for my son to emerge on the ground. When he appeared, my grandson turned to me and revealed a part of the answer. “Nana,” he said, “my daddy can cross the street alone.”

I have seven grandchildren now and many more questions. Each one of them opens an unexpected door into my own memories of childhood. I’m just waiting for the revelations…

Children's book illustrations - official website

Article in the Haverhill Gazette, February 2008

Sam Ostroff

Standard Design — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 12:22:00 +0000

Sam Ostroff

Florence, MA

Awesome, curvy, and metal! Sam has been making excellent art objects, as well as some great commercial works. Local highlights include the door of J. Rich (Northampton retail), the sign for The Hempest (ditto) and Table 9 (the sign lasted longer than the restaurant).

online portfolio