ABOUT US

Common Bond Design was founded in 2013 by Alex Kalita. We are based in Brooklyn, with a secondary office in Tampa, and projects throughout the country. Over the last decade, our studio has grown into a collaborative team that skillfully manages every aspect of the interior design process, providing our clients a full service experience. 

Our ideal projects are extensive renovations of historic spaces. We take a sensitive and holistic approach to adapting them for the demands of modern life, from interior architecture to finish, fixture, furniture, and accessory selection.


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Approach


  • We tell stories by centering heirlooms, artwork and artifacts that express the client’s personal history; and by collaborating with skilled craftspeople who contribute their own point of view through their work. Strong design has narrative structure, a central thread that progresses like a plot as you move through a space.

  • We reflect the character and context of the project site and its community. We believe in honoring the architecture of a space, and seek to preserve historical sites, while equipping them to meet the demands of modern living. We also aim to be mindful of our impact on the environment.

  • Even when historic preservation is at the core of the project, our approach has an eye towards the utility and cultural standards of today. We make selections that can evolve with a client, reducing waste and forging a lifelong – even multigenerational – attachment between clients and the items they interact with daily.

  • Our interiors are defined by,

    RESTRAINT -  a spare and disciplined appearance.

    CONTRAST -  a deliberate juxtaposition of shape; motif; material type, age, color, and texture to bring each feature into sharper relief.

    TIMELESSNESS -  a temporal slipperiness that allows it to remain fresh and relevant well into the future.

DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Though each of our projects is uniquely informed by client and site, they share a common bond. Our work is,

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