The tools and systems designed to generate, manipulate, or analyze pure form without regard to content. This includes templets for everything (the original metaformal tech), AI art generators that create "images of the concept of an image," and architectural software that can design buildings that violate the laws of physics but look amazing in renders. The ultimate metaformal technology is the "form-filling" app that helps you complete other apps, creating a beautiful, self-referential loop of empty structures waiting to be filled with meaning that never arrives.
Metaformal Technologies Example: "He used a metaformal technology to design the perfect resume template. It had ideal spacing, optimal font hierarchy, and mathematically balanced margins. He then spent three weeks tweaking the template and never actually wrote the resume. The form was flawless; the content, nonexistent."
by Nammugal February 14, 2026
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