Eva Cannon, Lead Designer at Copper+Oak, seated and laughing
Cory Cannon, founder of Copper+Oak, seated and laughing

most restaurants get a creative agency that doesn't know the P&L, or an ops consultant who doesn't know the room. we built the studio that doesn't make you choose.

  • brands + spaces

    one hand picks the typeface and the tile, and they end up agreeing.

  • brands + systems

    nothing in the brand book needs our permission to use.

  • spaces + communities

    we design the corner the photos come from, then we come back and shoot it.

  • systems + communities

    the numbers are only worth reading if they change what we make next.

  • brands + communities

    the people who drew the brand are the ones still posting it in year two.

  • spaces + systems

    the room is designed for the day it stops being new.

where they meet is the work.

Cory Cannon standing in a room with patterned wallpaper, looking off to the right
Cory Cannon, arms crossed, in the same room

Cory Cannon · Founder | Creative Director

the founder

from the floor to the studio.

Copper+Oak grew out of a couple decades of building things end to end. The brand. The room. The menu. The systems. The P&L.

I founded wePresent, a wireless presentation product that shipped to 55+ countries, where I served as President and COO. Then I founded Siren Rock Brewing Company in Rockwall, Texas, a 13,000-square-foot brewery and restaurant I ran for eight years. I built the brand from scratch (the name, the beer characters, the can designs, the room), worked every seat in the kitchen and behind the bar (line cook, sous chef, chef, bar director, GM, owner), and ran the business as CEO.

I started Copper+Oak because the partner I wished I'd had when I opened Siren Rock didn't exist. A studio that designs the brand and the room with the same hands that ran the P&L.

we've worked every seat in the house.

  • the kitchen line cook · sous chef · chef We draw the line the way we'd want to work it with a full board.
  • the bar bar director The well, the pass and the pour cost get designed together, by people who've closed one.
  • the books GM · owner · CEO Every design choice is made by someone who has had to pay for it.

the team

built by people who've been behind the bar.

Small on purpose. The person who strategizes your brand walks your construction site. The person who designs your menu reads your P&L. One studio, one partner, no handoffs.

  • Cory, seated, looking off to the right and smiling

    cory

    Founder | Creative Director

    Eight years running a 13,000 sq ft brewery-restaurant. Builds brands from the operator's seat.

  • Eva, seated on a yellow settee, laughing

    eva

    Lead Designer

    Turns vision into visual systems. Makes sure every touchpoint tells the same story.

  • Gage, seated, smiling at the camera

    gage

    Designer

    Designs it, shoots it, posts it. Ran the bar at Siren Rock first.

  • Kyndle, seated on a yellow settee, laughing

    kyndle

    Copywriter

    Writes the copy and the captions. A barista before this, and our first call on café work.

  • Molly, the studio dog, sitting on a yellow settee

    molly

    Brand Enthusiast

    Studio mascot. Attends every meeting. Judges your font choices silently.

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