[5] MetaDesign's principal reputation was gleaned through engagements for the Berlin Transit System (BVG), followed by further work for clients including Volkswagen, Audi, Düsseldorf Airport Authority and Springer Verlag.

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 Škoda Auto.

In 1999, the London office left the group and joined Icon Medialab, who then merged with Michiel Mol's Lost Boys in 2002.

[14] The MetaDesign AG with co-founder Uli Mayer-Johanssen as managing director and CDO has opened offices in Beijing, Düsseldorf and Hamburg in 2008.