DESIGN

&DirectION

Who WE ARE Common Space is a multi-disciplinary design and creative studio founded in 2006 by Jon Santos. We are driven by technology and we specialize in developing visual identities and campaigns across media.
SERVICES Strategy
— Brand Positioning
— Brand Architecture
— Naming
— Content Strategy
— Experience Mapping
— Social Media Strategy

Branding
— Identity Design
— Design System
— Art Direction
— Print
— Packaging
— Books
— Activation
— Campaign

Content
— Content Development
— Curation
— Copywriting
— Animation
— Film
— Social Media

Environment
— Environmental Design
— Signage and Wayfinding
— Spatial Experience
— Activation

Digital
— Information Architecture
— Interface Design
— User Experience
— Data Visualization
— Website Design
— Mobile Design
— Digital Experience
Founded by Jon Santos in 2000, this New York City-based design studio has developed work for civic arts organization For Freedoms, Ontopo, and Werner Herzog’s Whitney Biennial installation among others. Independently, Santos works on both self-initiated and commissioned works seeking to expand graphic design beyond traditional media towards participatory, performative, improvisational, and experiential modes.
Awards & DISTINCTIONs
Santos was nominated for a James Beard Foundation award for Outstanding Restaurant Graphics and was a recipient of an AIGA Gold Medal. He is an advisor for the Filipino American Museum, the New Art Dealers Alliance and SOHO House. He has exhibited widely in group exhibitions at BAM, NY, Walker Art Center, MN and the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, NY and has presented his work at the AIGA, Rising Minds and Pecha Kucha in New York City and his work has appeared in the New York Times, VMagazine, Dossier Journal, Paper, Casa Vogue, Bidoun, the Fader, Casa Brutus, Communication Arts, +81 and I.D. Magazine.
PRESS Our work has been exhibited internationally
Santos works on both self-initiated & commissioned works that seek to expand graphic design beyond traditional media (print, digital and screen based) towards participatory, performative, improvisational and experiential modes.
TEAM→Jon Santos, Designer. Liz Zamudio, Account Manager. Lauren Alliece, Project Manager. Fern Baldonado, Project Manager. Jarin Moriguchi, Jr. Designer.


NYC 240 Grand Street No 2F
New York, NY 10002
United States
HNL 307 Kamani St. A
Honolulu, HI 96813
United States

COMMON SPACE
       is a MULTI—DISCIPLINARY
DESIGN OFFICE BASED IN NYC & HONOLULU
WITH A FOCUS ON
             FORWARD THINKING
CULTURE (.) worldwide.