Design & Illustration

Print & web graphics, logo design, album & book layouts, illustrations, posters & more.

Animation & Motion Design

2D animation in After Effects for film, music videos, corporate presentations, advertising, and more.


About & Contact

Tom Pappalardo / Standard Design
Graphic Designer | Illustrator | After Effects Animator
standard@tompappalardo.com
PO Box 880, Northampton, MA 01061-880

I’ve been making graphic things for nigh-30 years.
I’m pretty good at it.

Standard Design on Instagram
Personal/creative projects: tompappalardo.com
Things for sale: Object Publishing

Clients

Clients

I’ve produced work for national/international brands including Merriam-Webster, Forbes, Audubon, Smithsonian, Marvel Studios, Penguin Random House, Clinique, VIBE, The New Yorker, Pfizer, TV Guide, FX Network, Men’s Fitness, Rolling Stone, Tesco, Canon, Calvin Klein, AMC, Bank Of America, Estee Lauder, GQ, Reductress, Car & Driver, GOOD Media, and a whole bunch more.

I have created print and multimedia work for non-profit and educational institutions including National Priorities Project, Stanford University, Farm Aid, Free Press, Represent.Us, Civil Liberties And Public Policy, Media Education Foundation, The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, UMass Amherst, Amherst College, and Smith College.

I’ve worked with local businesses & organizations including Young@Heart Chorus, Turn It Up!, WRSI The River, The Roost, Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, The Valley Advocate, Downtown Sounds Workers Co-op, The Eric Carle Museum, Amherst Media, River Valley Co-op, Indigo Coffee, Northampton Film Festival, WFCR, New Century Theater, Northampton Open Media, Easthampton City Arts, Flywheel Arts Collective, Brookline Interactive Group, Stavros, Safe Passage, Hadley Historical Commission, Pioneer Valley Crossfit, Greenfield Center School, and Whole Children/Pathlight.

I’ve created posters and packaging for local & national musicians including Built To Spill, Neko Case, Clutch, Cocky Bitches, Colorway, The Demographic, Mike Doughty, JP Harris, High On Fire, Pamela Means, Melvins, Mission Of Burma, Alastair Moock, New Pornographers, Rancid, The Starline Rhythm Boys, Stereolab, Bob Mould, The Stone River Boys, T.S.O.L., U.S. Bombs, Ween, and the Young@Heart Chorus.

Recognition & Published Work

Recognition

My video work has received:
 PRSA Chicago Skyline Award (2016, for Adelie Studios)
 Telly Award (2014, for Adelie Studios)
 Award of Distinction Recipient in Communicator Awards (2014, for Adelie Studios)
 Communicator Award of Distinction (2013, for Adelie Studios)
 Bronze Telly Award (2011, for Adelie Studios)

Publications

My graphic work has been featured in:
 Satanic Panic (2016, FAB Press)
 It’s Only Rock & Roll But I Like It (2013, Independent Press)
 Gigposters Volume 2 (2011, Quirk Books)
 Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design (2009, Princeton Architectural Press)
 Naïve: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design (2009, Gestalten)
 Panda Meat Vol. 1 (2005, Last Gasp)
 Art of Modern Rock (2004, Chronicle Books)


Standard Design/Tom Pappalardo
Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, & After Effects Animation in Western Massachusetts Since 1996
standard@tompappalardo.com   |   PO Box 880 Northampton, MA 01061