BUILDING THE FIRST INSTITUTIONAL PLATFORM FOR CULTURAL ASSETS
Building the first institutional
platform for cultural assets.
Katalog secures and curates the world's most iconic archives, safeguarding their legacy while elevating their cultural relevance.
By transforming heritage assets into dynamic platforms and enduring stores of value, we unlock both cultural prominence and financial performance for their owners.
Where Culture Becomes Capital
The global collectibles and cultural IP economy now exceeds $100B, yet no standardized framework exists to treat archives as securitized assets. Katalog fills that institutional void, creating investable, annuity-like portfolios built around cultural heritage. We bridge preservation with performance — transforming cultural inheritance into enduring, generative value while maintaining its authenticity and aura.
Fashion
Supreme, Off-White™, Vetements archives
Defining streetwear and luxury convergence
Art
Warhol, Basquiat, KAWS collections
Contemporary masters and emerging icons
Music
Daft Punk, Kanye West, Prince estates
Genre-defining catalogs and memorabilia
Design
Virgil Abloh, Tom Sachs, Daniel Arsham
Industrial design meets artistic vision
Archives
Helmut Lang, Martin Margiela, Raf Simons
Complete collections preserving cultural moments
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Custodians of the Rare and the Remarkable
Katalog acquires, secures, and manages archives that define creative eras. Each collection is appraised, insured, and preserved under our care, then selectively reintroduced through exhibitions, publishing, and collaborations that extend its relevance. We treat every archive not as inventory, but as a living cultural organism – one that grows in meaning, influence, and worth.
Cultural Value Index
A measure of creative legacy, influence, and archival permanence.
Most of these names represent privately held or multifaceted creative estates. Rather than speculative market valuations, we use the Cultural Value Index (CVI) – a proprietary KATALOG scoring system that quantifies archival significance, market resonance, and cultural endurance.
Recognition of cultural gravity, not endorsements or affiliations.
Chanel
Fashion / Haute Couture
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion / Design
Maison Margiela
Fashion / Conceptual Design
Off-White™ / Virgil Abloh
Fashion / Design
The Row
Fashion / Design
Raf Simons
Fashion / Subculture / Industrial Design
Comme des Garçons
Fashion / Avant-Garde Design
Rick Owens
Fashion / Architecture / Performance
Institutional by Design
Katalog operates through a consolidated global structure that unites cultural preservation with institutional precision. Every archive under our stewardship follows a disciplined path to ensure each collection remains both safeguarded and scalable.
Our framework integrates archival storage, digital IP management, and licensing under one ecosystem, underpinned by transparency and rigorous oversight.
We collaborate with leading valuation, insurance, and advisory partners to uphold the highest standards of credibility, discretion, and permanence. This architecture balances creative integrity with financial discipline — a model built not just to preserve culture, but to protect its future.
The Katalog Framework
CULTURE
Identifying and evaluating cultural assets with enduring significance
PRESERVATION
Securing, digitizing, and maintaining archives with institutional rigor
STRUCTURE
Creating financial instruments and legal frameworks for asset protection
ACTIVATION
Strategic deployment through exhibitions, licensing, and collaborations
VALUE
Generating returns through appreciation and monetization channels
CULTURE
Identifying and evaluating cultural assets with enduring significance
PRESERVATION
Securing, digitizing, and maintaining archives with institutional rigor
STRUCTURE
Creating financial instruments and legal frameworks for asset protection
ACTIVATION
Strategic deployment through exhibitions, licensing, and collaborations
VALUE
Generating returns through appreciation and monetization channels
FROM DORMANT ARCHIVES TO ENDURING VALUE
How We Add Value
Through our comprehensive suite of services, we transform dormant cultural assets into active financial instruments and dynamic platforms for engagement. Our integrated approach bridges preservation with performance, creating sustainable value from cultural heritage.
Independent Valuation & Insurance
Professional assessment with specialized valuators & appraisers. Tailored art insurance policies creating institutional-grade asset baseline. Establishing credible market positioning and risk mitigation
Securitization & Credit Unlock
Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) structure enabling credit from global banks and private partners. Turning cultural assets into financial instruments. Unlocking liquidity through structured finance solutions
Creative Deployment
High-return initiatives including exhibitions, exclusive merchandise, tokenization, publishing, and exclusive auctions of rare pieces. Maximizing revenue through strategic cultural activation
Digital Transformation
Advanced archival digitization, blockchain authentication, and AI-powered cataloging systems for comprehensive asset management. Future-proofing cultural assets for the digital age
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Digitally Native. Culturally Rooted. Financially Engineered.
Katalog is led by a collective of innovators at the frontier of design, finance, technology, and culture. Sensory in approach and dynamic by design, we unite creative vision with capital strategy – blending world- class experience in fashion, AI, digital systems, and heritage preservation. At home in both physical and digital worlds, our team is building the foundation for how archives are valued, protected, and monetized in the 21st century.