1990 founder gerald kiska headquarters anif salzburg austria area served worldwide number of employees 170 2016 website www.kiska.com kiska gmbh is an award winning design agency located in anif salzburg austria . 1 kiska industrial design was founded in 1990 as a one man business by industrial designer gerald kiska . 2 in 1997 kiska creative industries was formed and moved to its first office in salzburg austria . in 2001 kiska design became a private limited company . 3 there are four partners in the business s bastien stassin chief creative officer paul friedl partner and head of communications marcus waldmann partner and head of product design and julian herget partner and head of brand and research . contents 1 expansion 2 work for ktm sportmotorcycle 3 clients 4 awards 5 bibliography 6 references expansion edit established in 1990 as a one man business by industrial designer gerald kiska the agency has expanded to 170 people from 30 different countries as of 2016 . kiska operates from a 5.000 square metre building that includes a 1.000 square metre transportation design studio . 4 it moved into this building in 2009 . 5 kiska gmbh has subsidiary kiska inc. that is located in temecula california and led by steve masterson . 6 kiska also has a satellite office in bamberg germany . ostensibly a design agency kiska gmbh also offers services in brand consulting and communications . 7 the agency expanded its services over time with the aim to create a consistent brand for its clients . this approach to design is referred to by kiska as integrated design development i.d.d. . 8 work for ktm sportmotorcycle edit kiska gmbh is best known for its 23 years of work with austrian motorcycle manufacturer ktm sportmotorcycle ag . 9 ktm sportmotorcycle ag has a 26 % stake in kiska . 10 in this partnership kiska has designed all motorcycles for ktm sportmotorcycle since 1992 11 and four versions of the ktm x bow . kiska is also responsible for the overall branding of ktm sportmotorcycle ag including the design of printed material websites exhibits and stores . clients edit kiska also works for other national and international brands including adidas akg audi atomic bajaj cfmoto hilti honda husqvarna motorcycles kettler osram siteco ottobock and zeiss sports optics . 12 awards edit autovision ottocar 2005 2007 2011 2013 13 if product design award 1998 1999 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016 14 ispo brandnew award 2006 15 german design award 2014 2015 16 red dot design award 1999 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 17 idea award 2007 2015 18 trio des jahres 2013 19 automotive brand contest 2014 2015 20 ey entrepreneur of the year award 2014 21 bibliography edit kiska gerald 2015 . 25 years designing desire . anif salzburg self published . isbn 9783200039315 . kiska gerald 2015 . 25 years designing desire work in progress . anif salzburg self published . isbn 9783200044050 . references edit wired wood is good from hi fis to high seas motorcycle.com the other k in ktm http www.ktmgroup.com en company ktm group company section http www.kiska.com en we are about kiska deresticted new office for kiska motorcycle usa kiska opens first international studio in north america motorcycle the other k in ktm develop3d the fast and the furious pistonheads ktm s gerald kiska car and bike ktm to buy back public shares off the stock market lanesplitter how one design studio took ktm from bankrupt dirtbike company to giant slayer http www.kiska.com en our clients autovision winners if product design award winners ispo brandnew award german design award 1 idea award trio des jahres automotive brand contest ey entrepreneur of the year award retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kiska & oldid 719756598 categories design companies established in 1990industrial design firms navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 may 2016 at 16 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view