ISAAC HAAS
FOUNDER | DIRECTOR
ISAAC is a graphic designer, publisher, and art dealer. He is the founder and director of Studio Hi, New York, the founder and director for the publishing and curatorial project CONVOKE.NYC, a mentor for recent graphic design graduates of The School of Visual Arts, Parsons and Columbia University, and is a member of AIGA New York. His book designs have received numerous awards and his books are collected by the libraries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, The Museusm of Art Houston, SFMoMA, Centre Pompidou, and educational libraries including Columbia, Yale, Harvard, and UC Berkeley. He studied journalism at The University of Kansas, and the interplay between media developments and performative culture at The University of Antwerp, Belgium.
CONVOKE.NYC
/KƏNˈVŌK/ VERB • TO CALL TOGETHER OR SUMMON
MEANINGFUL CONTENT X MEANINGFUL FORM
CONVOKE (est. 2018) is a collaborative publishing house that provides a foundation for vital conversation by redefining the hegemonic as a space of inclusion. Our projects connect diverse perspectives to encourage provocative exchange through conscious modes of seeing and thinking.
CUSTOMER CARE
For customer service and web order enquiries, please contact us at collaborate@convoke.nyc | +1 (646) 504-9322
PRESS
For press enquiries, please contact Zoe DeBlasis at zdeblasis@convoke.nyc
SALES
You can buy our books directly through this website with free domestic shipping.
Our books can be found globally through Ingram Content Group distribution. For further information or assistance including bookstores and retail outlets, Convoke has a dedicated phone line at IPS for questions, order placement, order tracking and additional inquiries.
Phone: 866-400-5351
Email: ips@ingramcontent.com
Collections
MoMA Archives & Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, Bibiothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou, SFMoMA (San Francisco Museum of Art) Library + Archives, Whitney Museum of American Art Library, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Libraries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University's Butler Library, Harvard Art Museums Library, UC Berkeley Library, Robert B Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University, Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, AIGA Design Archives, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles, France, Magnum Foundation, New YorkSpencer Museum Of Art, The University of Kansas, FOAM Amsterdam, C\O Berlin, The Photographer's Gallery, London, UK
STUDIO HI
NYC-BASED DESIGN STUDIO
TAKE = act without shame
LEAVE = share without condition
WHATEVAS = trust without apology
We specialize in branding, communications strategy, visual design and book design with 17+ years of creating innovative content that advances a brand’s goals and mission. We excel at offering communication solutions in a variety of environments from large organizations to individuals. We believe that the most effective method of creating positive change in the world is to clearly communicate the ideas that can make a difference.
CLIents
Clients include The Met, The New Yorker, MTV, Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), MoMA, Evamere Entertainment, Leonard A. Lauder Cubist Collection.
COLLECTIONS
Museum Library collections include Centre Pompidou, MoMA, The Met, Whitney, ICP, SFMoMa, Smithsonian, V&A, Amon Carter Museum, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, RISD, UCLA, Berkeley.
PONO PRINTS
Honolulu, HI
IF CAN, caN.
IF NO CAn, THEN NO Can.
Studio Hi started PONO Prints as a way to give back to the Hawaiian community. All proceeds are distributed to children’s education in Oahu. We give directly to teachers (K-12) who can use the funds to buy supplies for their classrooms (including air conditioners!), or to fund special events for their students.
We are grateful for all the support the brand has been given by so many of you. A big thank you for supporting our Keiki and their dreams.
PONO:
In Hawaiian, if a person is living pono, it means that they have struck the right balance in their relationships with other things, places, and people in their lives.
PONO is one of the values of the aloha spirit that's so deeply ingrained in Hawaiian culture. It is something to authentically aspire to rather than to fully attain, mostly because pono means more than doing the right thing in a given situation, but rather living life with balance, harmony and integrity, seeking to improve the surrounding world.