KISKA
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| Private Limited Company | |
| Founded | (1990) |
| Headquarters | Salzburg |
Key people |
Gerald Kiska, Founder and CEO Steve Masterson, Partner and Chief Operating Officer Marcus Waldmann, Partner and Head of Product Design Paul Friedl, Partner in Communication Design Sebastien Stassin, Partner in Transportation Design |
Number of employees | 110 (2013) |
| Website | www.kiska.com |
KISKA was established in 1990 by Gerald Kiska as a one-man-business in Salzburg, Austria and is Austria’s largest independent design company[1]
As a consultancy, KISKA works with its clients to create designs that reinforce brands. The company’s services include consulting, design and communication.[2] Clients include Atomic, Bajaj, Siemens, Hilti, Kettler, KTM, AKG Acoustics, Osram, Swarovski Optik.[3] Most designs are made for the consumer goods market, industrial goods market and the automotive industry.
The company’s USP lies in the creation of design solutions on the basis of brand and design. The designers create consistent brand appearances for clients.
History
The company was founded in 1990 as a one-man-business and grew in 20 years to the biggest design company in Austria. KISKA has a global portfolio of clients and is planning on expanding internationally to the USA and China.[4] The company is headquartered in Salzburg.
First focused on Product Design, the scope of duties has grown to include strategy and brand services. The breakthrough was in 2007 with the design of the KTM X-Bow, the first car of the motorcycle producer KTM.[5] For the design KISKA received the IF (International Forum Design Award) in 2009.[6]
Transportation Design
Since 1992, KISKA has been doing all vehicle designs for KTM.[7] The most prestigious project was the KTM X-Bow, an ultra-light sports car for road and race use.
The department is a multinational team of 20 people from designer to model makers, who work together on different two and four-wheel projects, including styling, design development, modelling, consulting, conceptioning, engineering and Colour, Trim & Graphics. The 1,000 square meter studio facilitates the simultaneous development of three motorcycles and three automobiles from the concept sketch phase to complete prototypes. The facility's fully automated milling machine can produce a 1:1 automobile model in less than 2 days.[8]
Awards
- Die Motorcycle Design Association (MDA) presented the Honorary Membership to Gerald Kiska in 2005[9]
- Autovision Ottocar (2005, 2007, 2011, 2013)[10]
- IF Product Design Award (1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014)[11][12][13]
- ISPO Brandnew Award (2006)[14]
- Motorcycle Design Award (2003, 2004)
- German Design Award (2014)[15]
- Red dot design award (1999, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013)[16]
- Salzburger Landpreis (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
- Internationale Wirtschaftsfilmtage (2008)
- IDEA Award (2007)
- Trio des Jahres (2013)
- Automotive Brand Contest (2014)[17]
- Staatspreis vorbildliche Verpackung (2009)
- Adolf Loos Staatspreis Design (2003)[18][19]
References
- ↑ Skin Deep newdesignmagazine. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ↑ "KISKA services" Website of KISKA. Retrieved August 22, 2014
- ↑ Press kit KISKA Press kit KISKA. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ The real deal newdesignmagazine. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
- ↑ Design Development: KTM X-Bow cardesignnews. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ An outstanding design award for an outstanding automobile Press kit KISKA. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ 2008 KTM X-Bow Supercar Specs. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.
- ↑ KISKA Transportation Design Centre ITP Group Media Release. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ Honorary Membership. Website of the Motorcycle Design Association. Retrieved on January 12, 2011.
- ↑ Ottocar Awards, Website Autovision (Retrieved January 12, 2011)
- ↑ IF Product Design Award Website of the International Forum Design. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ IF Product Design Award Website of the International Forum Design. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ IF Product Design Award Website of the International Forum Design. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
- ↑ ISPO Brand New Award (2006) Website Streetstepper. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "German Design Award" Website of German Design Council. Retrieved August 22, 2014
- ↑ red dot award 2010 Website of red dot. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
- ↑ "Automotive Brand Contest" Website of German Design Council. Retrieved August 22, 2014
- ↑ Kiska trifft den Geschmack der Markenartikler Website des Wirtschaftsblatt. Abgerufen am 7. Januar 2011.
- ↑ Preisregen für das Designunternehmen Kiska Website press release. Retrieved January 7, 2011
External links
- Establishing a creative economy article in Catalyst
- The X-Bow, More Than Four Wheels Businessweek April 23, 2007, Retrieved January 12, 2011
- KTM X-Bow, the car that thinks it's a bike The Telegraph July 12, 2008, Retrieved January 13, 2001