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Cohere was founded on one simple observation.

01. About

The places people return to again and again aren't defined by a single great design decision. They're shaped by the way every element works together. The architecture reflects its surroundings. The brand expresses a shared point of view. The operations deliver on the promise. Every detail reinforces the next.

Over time, that consistency becomes something people can feel. It creates familiarity, trust, and ultimately, a sense of belonging.

That's the idea behind Cohere. For the past 15 years, we've helped bring that kind of cohesion to grocery stores, public markets, restaurants, hotels, and neighborhood revitalization projects, creating places that people return to because they simply feel right.

Today, Cohere is a strategy-led studio backed by a trusted network of designers, writers, architects, operators, photographers, filmmakers, digital specialists, and makers. We assemble the right team around each project, guiding vision, strategy, and execution from the earliest idea through opening day and beyond.

Our role is to create alignment across every touchpoint so the experience feels intentional, cohesive, and memorable. Because the strongest brands aren't built in pieces. They're built when every decision works together.

Let's Co-CreateLet's Co-Create

02. Our Team

Antoinette, founder of Cohere, empowers independent brands in food, hospitality, and real estate. With a background in urban planning and GIS, she taught herself branding and launched Cohere during the recession to help developers reposition properties through creative activations. Her work has gained recognition from top professionals and chefs, highlighting food's role in shaping neighborhoods. Today, she leads a world-class team, providing dedicated care to every client, from independent owners to industry leaders.

Antoinette Marie Johnson

Founder

An advisor to food entrepreneurs from concept through growth to exit. Founder of Tender Greens, Chef and restaurateur who scaled to 30+ locations, exiting with the sale to Danny Meyer. Erik's advice is paramount to strategic plans in this pivotal moment for food brands. He guides with the values he has maintained throughout his career; organic, locally grown always and regenerative wherever possible. His contribution ranges from raising capital, crafting menus and helping coach leadership teams into this new era of food.

Erik Oberholtzer

Advisor

Chris is a natural leader who connects both small businesses and established brands with the right tools, strategy, and process to realize their goals in a low-stress, collaborative relationship.

Chris Richards

Partner, Dir. of Business Development

Darryl brings decades of experience in brand, creative, and operations—shaped by work with Faena, The Standard, Fendi, and André Balazs Properties. He helps hospitality teams build concepts with cultural edge and precision across every part of the guest experience.

Darryl Gibson

Hospitality Advisor — Brand, Creative & Operations

Isabella approaches strategy like an editor—curious, exacting, and always in search of the deeper cut. She brings cultural nuance, layered thinking, and a distinct point of view to every brand she touches.

Isabella Gomez

Brand Strategist & Editorial Lead

Hospitality consultant, creator, designer, operator, and fixer with 16+ years of experience across operations, marketing, and branding to create and reinvent some of the industry’s most impactful and unique hotels, bars, and restaurants.

Mac Warren

Designer

Kylee builds distinctive brand identities rooted in clarity and craft. She combines design precision with a deep sensitivity to story, helping brands articulate who they are through visuals that resonate and endure.

Kylee Hickmott

Designer

Dan brings 7+ years of experience to brand systems, user experience, and product design — shaped by impact-driven solutions at Wrkhrs, Barrel's Vaulted Oak, Thorough, and Polygraph.

Dan Flounders

Designer

03. We co-create at the intersection of brand, the built environment, and community engagement, partnering with founders, developers, hospitality operators, and cities to create places people return to, recommend, and ultimately make their own.

  • All
  • Products
  • Real Estate
  • Retail
  • Hotels
  • Food
  • Aaji's Food
  • Act3 Hospitality Group
  • Archive Development
  • Bonde Mercado
  • Brick Capital
  • Buccini/Pollin Group
  • Canopy by Hilton
  • Crescent Hotels
  • Davidson Hospitality
  • Di Bruno Bros
  • Food Forever
  • Good Neighbor
  • Google
  • Graduate Hotels
  • Grotto Social Baths
  • Hersha Hospitality
  • HipCityVeg
  • Home Appétit
  • Honest Greens
  • Hotel Anna & Bel
  • Keith McNally
  • Le Zette
  • Life House Hotels
  • Longfellow Real Estate
  • Lucy Mercer Bar
  • Mamahuhu
  • Marriott
  • MCB Real Estate
  • Minetta Tavern (DC)
  • Nude Market Miami
  • Oceano Kitchen
  • Pastis (Miami)
  • Riverwards Market
  • Saxum Real Estate
  • Schulson Collective
  • Seawall
  • STARR Restaurants
  • Tender Greens
  • The Butcher’s Daughter
  • The Crop Trust
  • WRT Design
Team members in the office
A Network Shaped by Expertise

Partners in Practice

Cohere operates as an extension of our partners. We build teams around each brief, drawing from our roster of designers, operators, chefs, and advisors, so every project benefits from specialized expertise.

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