Established in 2007 and located in New York City, Ray Hooper Design, LLC creates environmentally conscious stationery products for individual consumers, retailers, large corporations, small businesses and non-profit organizations of all sizes. These innovative collections have recently expanded to include boxed cards, journals, appointment diaries, address books, and unique custom orders.
About Ray Hooper
The cornerstone of the company’s strength is Ray Hooper’s thirty-plus years of professional experience in art direction and graphic design. Known for his classic design and elegant typography, Ray is well regarded in the publishing and graphic industries. Specializing in Publication Design, Corporate Identity and Branding, he has worked for many of the world’s most prestigious magazines, including Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Avenue, Crawdaddy, GQ, and Essence and corporations such as World Broadcast News, Blenheim Capital Investments and New York Life. His more than two decades in book publishing include eighteen years as Special Projects Art Director and Senior Book Designer at Harry N. Abrams, as well as work for The Metropolitan Museum of Art and other world-renowned clients.
Throughout Ray’s career, he has always remained interested in the future of design. For the past twenty-four years, he has also taught Typography and Design Concepts at Parsons The New School For Design, where he both informs and is informed by his students. While pursuing his work in publishing and teaching, Ray created greeting cards and stationery items, as a labor of love for family, friends and special clients. Ray Hooper Design has just celebrated its one-year anniversary and Ray is looking forward to celebrating the company’s second year of success.
Ray Hooper’s proven talent, along with his access to the photographers, illustrators and former students with whom he has built deep and long-standing relationships, will provide unlimited creative options for the future of Ray Hooper Design, LLC.