the theories and practices of metadesigning see metadesign . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message metadesign native name metadesign type joint stock company industry publicity founded 1979 headquarters berlin germany website www.metadesign.com metadesign is an international design consultancy known for branding and brand strategy founded by erik spiekermann uli mayer johanssen and hans ch . kr ger . 1 the business has offices in berlin beijing geneva d sseldorf zurich and san francisco and 250 employees . 2 3 contents 1 berlin 1979 and 1990 2 san francisco 1992 london 1995 zurich 2000 and geneva 2013 3 beijing d sseldorf and hamburg 2008 4 references 5 external links berlin 1979 and 1990 edit spiekermann founded the company in 1979 . 4 initially the company had offices in berlin . today the companies berlin office resides in a 1920s landmark industrial building in berlin charlottenburg . 5 metadesign s principal reputation was gleaned through engagements for the berlin transit system bvg . followed by further design work for volkswagen audi d sseldorf airport authority and springer verlag . 4 san francisco 1992 london 1995 zurich 2000 and geneva 2013 edit in 1992 metadesign established the san francisco office around bill hill ideo and terry irwin landor associates 6 and then in 1995 the london office around tim fendley now founder of applied information group and robin richmond now founder immersive projects formerly union design . meta s san francisco office developed teaching media including vizability ideo s first web site publishing systems for ernst & young and mcgraw hill and specialist event publicity for fuse 98 . 7 the metadesign london office specialized in branding for the digital arena working for clients including the economist group 8 ferrari and european identities for lexus 9 and koda auto . 10 the company also developed the bristol legible city initiative for the city of bristol . 11 in 1998 the san francisco office brought in stan leopard as principal and chairman . in 1999 the london office left the group and joined icon medialab who then merged with michiel mol s lost boys in 2002 . in 2001 lost boys had also purchased the majority of the shares of metadesign in berlin . by 2001 founder spiekermann had left to run his own projects 12 forming the united designers network in 2002 2003 which formerly became rebranded as spiekermann associates in 2007 . metadesign suisse was founded in zurich switzerland in 2000 with partners alexander haldemann and bruno schmidt . dr. haldemann launched metadesign geneva in geneva switzerland in 2013 . 13 beijing d sseldorf and hamburg 2008 edit the metadesign ag with co founder uli mayer johanssen as managing director and cdo has opened offices in beijing d sseldorf and hamburg in 2008 . 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