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1 January 1990
MetaDesign plus GmbH is founded by Uli Mayer-Johanssen and two partners. Its first offices are in Weinhaus Huth on Potsdamer Platz.
June 1990
Move to Bergmannstrasse in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg.
1990
The Berlin Wall falls. The public transit authorities in East and West Berlin merge and commission MetaDesign to develop a new corporate design program along with an information and way-finding system.
1992
Establishment of MetaDesign San Francisco
1994
Audi comes aboard too, and MetaDesign becomes the carmaker's lead corporate design agency.
1997
MetaDesign's staff grow to 100.
1999
The Audi TT Web Event wins four international awards, including the Golden World Medal at the New York Festival.
2000
Establishment of MetaDesign Suisse AG in Zurich
November 2000
MetaDesign is a finalist at the German Designer Club competition with its corporate design project for Bluewin.
2001
MetaDesign joins the international Lost Boys Group
2001
Move to MetaHaus on Leibnizstrasse
2003
"Berliner Philharmoniker - das magazin" (Berlin Philharmonic - the Magazine) is the surprise winner at the Best of Corporate Publishing 2003.
2004
The "MoMA in Berlin" campaign drew 1.2 million visitors to the Neue Nationalgalerie.
2005
For MetaDesign, 2005 was a year of expansion: it acquired new clients, including Lufthansa and Deutsche Post DHL, and broadened its service portfolio to include fields such as multi-sensory and sound branding.
2006
Top marks all around: The media journal Horizont has named MetaDesign the leading design agency in Germany for the tenth year in a row. In the listing "Great Places to Work 2006", MetaDesign ranked again among the top 50 employers in Germany. And Volkswagen and MetaDesign have received the German Design Award 2007 for the publication "Volkwagen Corporate Design Essentials".
2007
“The most beautiful French come from New York” – together with the Friends of the National Gallery, MetaDesign is delighted about the 680,000 art fans who have visited the exhibition. Among other prizes, the cultural marketing campaign developed by MetaDesign wins “Best of Best” at the Red Dot Communication Awards and “Gold” at the Gute Gestaltung competition.
2008
MetaDesign now has an office in the Central Business District in Beijing, China. In Germany MetaDesign continues its lead in Horizont and Page CD-/CI rankings. Recognition for our long partnership with mareverlag: the German Designer Club (DDC) awards "Good Design 09" grand prix to "mare - the magazine of the seas" and MetaDesign.
