E. Cooper

“Design isn’t just how something looks. It’s how it feels when you arrive.” Forbes put into words what has always been at the heart of Cooper House. For us, design begins long before anything is built. It starts with listening to the people, place, and history that give a space its soul. From there, every detail grows with intention, shaping not just what guests see, but how they feel the moment they step through the door. This is what we mean by storytelling you can walk through — the belief that hospitality design can honor both memory and meaning. From OKC to Indiana, North Carolina, and beyond, these stories belong to the communities who let us help tell them. Visit the link in bio to read the full article.

PRESENTING OUR EDITION 58 COVER STARS: Tim and Erin Cooper of @cooper_house 🤍 Tim and Erin Cooper founded Cooper House, a creative services agency, after her career in the U.S. Air Force (1998-2006), where she was a graphic designer in Space Command. They returned to Oklahoma in 2007, citing cost of living and expansive opportunities. Since then, they’ve built a reputation as a creative, groundbreaking, attentive and narrative creative services agency. Read more in Edition 58, available online now and find physical copies distributed across Oklahoma soon. STORY :: “Authentic Artfulness” WRITTEN BY :: @expastor PHOTOGRAPHY :: @toddscottco @betsydutcherphoto @maucierivisualsco - #coverstory #design #forbes #oklahoma #visitokc

Thank you @fjjma for an incredible opening night of the Frederick Hammersley exhibition. @lindsgib Thank you for inviting us — we are so lucky to have an incredible museum of this caliber in our state. 💛 More paintings in our stories!

Art is an expression of the point of view of a version of person that exists at a single point in time. Here’s a look at 15 years of expressions. New works from current version are coming to Paseo Arts Festival at the @lildfromokc gallery. 🙏🏻

Del Pomo visited @okcontemporary tonight for Anthony McCalls “Solid Light” Exhibition. Go for the feeling of night swimming in light. You need this.

From the West to the Midlands to the South, our team has been traipsing through a million moments, lingering in lobbies and drinking in design inspiration (also a few cortados). Lots of new stories are underway and we look forward to sharing soon. Summer internships are open! #hiringalert

We took a flying (driving actually) trip to Austin to visit family just before Christmas. The city has changed so much since the last time we visited three years ago. Change is constant, of course, and there are so many lovely little pockets. We met some amazing people as we often do chatting with hospitality folks. Drank coffees, tried on fur coats (it was 82 degrees) and took the kids to all the Christmasy things. 🎄 @austinproperhotel @carpenterhotel @hotelsanjose @southcongresshotel @austinmotel

That agency would be @cooper_house — co-founded by @ecooperstudio and @timcooperstudio . This was the hook that inspired a feature earlier this year: Home-schooled kid grows up working in her family’s fish market on the Oregon coast, leaves for the military, lands in Space Command in Colorado, moves to Oklahoma for love and winds up in @forbes . Not the sort of thing you script, unless you’re making movies, or romance novels. “Great design comes from a great story, and in uncovering something authentic.” She understands how overused the “a” word is in branding, marketing and advertising, but she means it in the traditional, narrative sense—a real story about a real life and a real vision. Many designs are meant to be ephemeral, but a hotel [Note: This has become their specialty, and it inspired the Forbes story] needs something that stands up to time. I’ve looked at thousands of brands, and the ones that have a degree of artfulness are the ones that last.” Read more about Cooper House and get a feel for their visual storytelling online now or in LUXIERE Edition 58. Link is in our bio! STORY :: “Authentic Artfulness” WRITTEN BY :: @expastor PHOTOGRAPHY :: @toddscottco @betsydutcherphoto @rachellynphotog - #design #agency #forbes #oklahoma #visitokc

New Project Alert: Modernisme celebrates Spain’s creative heart, where art, architecture, and cuisine merge to create moments of Catalan beauty. For Design Appétit: Around the World, we’ve partnered with Chef @the_gabriellewis to craft a complete concept and brand experience inspired by Barcelona, La Sagrada Familia, and the Catalan modernist movement, where every curve, color, and composition tells a story of optimism. Guests are invited to step into this world November 5-6 at the Oklahoma City Convention Center and experience how artistry can be tasted, seen, and felt. As part of Design Appétit’s global culinary journey, you can purchase a table for our Modernisme experience or join the cocktail, tasting, or community table to sample dishes from 20 Chef/Design teams, each interpreting a destination from around the world. Every ticket purchased helps @focusonhomeorg continue its mission, furnishing homes and building hope for families in need.

Still taking it all in. This has been a season of growth — and Tim and I so grateful to the friends, clients, and collaborators who’ve been there with us on this voyage.  Thank you to Ali, Todd, Spencer, and Jordan for helping us pull off a shoot at the last minute — and to our friends and clients who shared quotes (and kept the secret). To our creative team — this business could not exist without your energy and heart. Thank you for bringing your whole selves to each project.  For us, this interview for Forbes was about resonance. We hoped that by sharing the kind of work that moves us, we might find more of the people it’s meant to move. Thank you, Daniel Scheffler, for finding us and telling our story so thoughtfully. We’re building a ship while sailing a ship… and we wouldn’t want to be doing anything else. 🌊

Whirlwind business trip to CA punctuated with a stop at @thelafayette — an experience so singular I’m still processing the details. Impeccable vibes, but what really struck me was the warm, knowledgeable friendliness of the staff. Young, hip, kind, and eager to share all the ways you can explore the property. Well done @lil_ch_world 👏✨

Tim’s joie de vivre just grows every year. His wild spirit and endless curiosity make life with him magical and never, ever boring. The way he loves us is deep and all-encompassing, and everyone who knows him is better for it. Today we celebrate 48 years of Tim — what a gift you are to the world. Happy birthday, babe. I love you! ❤️🦁