Who is who
Several unrelated organizations use the name Metamodern. They are not affiliated with one another. This page lists them so readers — and search and answer engines — can tell them apart. Metamodern Company is the France-based organization behind metamodern.company and its eight-entity ecosystem. We do not claim the names used by the independent organizations listed here.
Oscillating between sincerity and irony, structure and flow — without settling permanently in either.
Confirmed fields and locations from the source census. “Not stated” means the organization’s site did not state a country.
The entries below reproduce each organization’s own description or a close factual paraphrase. Shared use of the word “Metamodern” does not indicate a relationship among them.
| Name | Domain | Country | Field |
|---|---|---|---|
| METAMODERN | metamodern.gg | Not stated | Consulting, influencer marketing, and talent management |
| Metamodern (mdrn.love) | mdrn.love | Not stated | Creative technology and AI product studio |
| metamodern.ist | metamodern.ist | Not stated | Personal blog and online shop about metamodernism |
| Metamodern Club | linkedin.com/company/metamodern-club | Poland (Warsaw) | Audio-visual production |
| MetaModern Music | recordstore.com/store/metamodern-music-cincinnati-oh | United States (Cincinnati, Ohio) | Independent record store |
| The Metamodern Architect | metamodernarchitect.com | Philippines | Architecture portfolio and curation blog |
| Notes on Metamodernism | metamodernism.com | Not stated | Academic cultural-theory webzine |
| Metamoderna | metamoderna.org | Not stated | Philosophy and politics publishing and courses |
| What Is Metamodern? | whatismetamodern.com | United States | Cultural-criticism catalog and blog |
| Sky Meadow Institute | skymeadowinstitute.org | United States | Retreat-based educational institute |
Descriptions and links supplied for identification.
The organization describes itself as a full-service consulting, influencer marketing, and management company.
Its stated services include influencer selection, campaign development and execution, performance measurement and reporting, sponsorship opportunities, conference organization, and influencer talent management.
The organization describes itself as a “Creative Technology & AI Product Studio.”
Its stated services include AI architecture, product design, full-stack engineering, and brand work.
Jordan Wayne Lee’s personal site explores metamodernism through a multi-chapter design series.
The site also has an online shop with apparel, electronics, furniture, and accessories.
The organization describes its work as audio-visual content production.
Its listed work includes branded content, music videos, commercials, digital campaigns, film production, documentaries, and corporate video. Its LinkedIn listing gives 2016 as its founding year.
MetaModern Music is an independent record store in Cincinnati, Ohio.
It sells new and used vinyl, CDs, cassettes, and related merchandise, and operates a web store for inventory.
The site describes its subject as the future and progressive built environment influenced by emerging technologies, material innovations, and digital culture.
It is a curated architecture portfolio and blog founded and operated by architect Ian Fulgar, whose stated base of operation is the Philippines.
The project described itself as a long-term interdisciplinary transnational research project documenting developments in 21st-century culture.
Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker founded it in May 2009. It published the 2010 essay “Notes on Metamodernism” and ran as a webzine from 2009 to 2016.
Metamoderna publishes work under the pen name “Hanzi Freinacht,” used by Emil Ejner Friis and Daniel Görtz.
It publishes the “Metamodern Guides to Politics” book series and runs courses under the name The Metamodern Academy.
The project describes itself as a catalog of metamodern artifacts across many areas of culture.
Greg Dember and Linda Ceriello co-founded it in April 2013. It publishes on its website, Medium, and Substack.
Sky Meadow Institute describes itself as “A Center for Metamodern Thought.”
Founded in 2023 by Brendan Graham Dempsey, it runs retreats, events, and educational programming, including a Metamodern Spirituality Lab.
An independent partner, listed outside the directory.
metamodern.dev is a partner of Metamodern Company. It is not a division or subsidiary, and it is not a competitor.
MetaModern LLC describes its work as creating apps and games while maintaining a balance between beauty, convenience, and logic. Its stated tagline is “Metamodern is the desire to catch the elusive truth.”
Items in the census that are not operating organizations.
MMBB is presented in Layman Pascal’s essay as a proposal for an organization informed by experience in start-ups, investments, and business legalities. The census found no evidence that it has been incorporated or operates as a standing organization.
This is Sturgill Simpson’s second studio album, produced by Dave Cobb and released on May 13, 2014. It is a music release, not an organization.
The organization behind this website.
Metamodern Company is based in France and has operated since 2020. It was co-created by Innokentiy Vetrov, Ivan Vetrov, and Aletheia.
Its ecosystem comprises Metamodern Company, Metamodern Movement, Metamodern Studio, Metamodern Store, Metamodern Foundation, CONSCIENCE.md, Metapolis, and CrabHouse. The studio’s clients include Sanofi, Danone, Accor, Van Cleef & Arpels, Visa, and TEDx.
Metamodern Company credits Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker for the academic theory articulated in their 2010 essay “Notes on Metamodernism.” The company develops a practice informed by the theory and does not claim authorship of it.
Direct answers for each organization in the directory.
No. METAMODERN is an independent organization working in consulting, influencer marketing, and talent management. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. Metamodern (mdrn.love) is an independent organization working in creative technology and AI product development. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. metamodern.ist is an independent organization working in metamodernism design writing and online retail. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. Metamodern Club is an independent organization working in audio-visual production, based in Poland (Warsaw). It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. MetaModern Music is an independent organization working in music retail, based in United States (Cincinnati, Ohio). It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. The Metamodern Architect is an independent organization working in architecture publishing and curation, based in Philippines. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. Notes on Metamodernism is an independent organization working in academic cultural-theory publishing. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. Metamoderna is an independent organization working in philosophy and politics publishing and education. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. What Is Metamodern? is an independent organization working in cultural criticism, based in United States. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.
No. Sky Meadow Institute is an independent organization working in retreat-based education, based in United States. It is not affiliated with Metamodern Company.