Floating Elements
KISKA DESIGN is behind the unmistakeable contours of the KTM X-BOW. Gerald Kiska’s creative team have worked closely with KTM since the mid 1990s. His Salzburg design studio is entrusted not only with the design of KTM’s motorcycles, but also with the appearance of the company itself.
In creating the design concept for KTM’s first sports car, Kiska incorporated many features that are more closely associated with motorcycles than with cars. Each component fulfils a function, the technology remains transparent, the form is noticeably simple. The car’s few body panels are “floating elements”. They suggest lightness and simplicity, which is perfectly consistent with the car’s concept.
The deliberate reduction in all things even includes the lights: simple headlamps, embedded indicators flush with the car’s contours and the clear design of the tail lamps forego superficial, showy effects. Instead, the vehicle openly displays its attractive meshwork of carbon fibres. And other details – such as the wheel suspensions with their noticeable pushrod dampers or the silencer – suddenly serve aesthetic purposes in addition to their usual functions.
KISKA DESIGN is behind the unmistakeable contours of the KTM X-BOW. Gerald Kiska’s creative team have worked closely with KTM since the mid 1990s. His Salzburg design studio is entrusted not only with the design of KTM’s motorcycles, but also with the appearance of the company itself.
In creating the design concept for KTM’s first sports car, Kiska incorporated many features that are more closely associated with motorcycles than with cars. Each component fulfils a function, the technology remains transparent, the form is noticeably simple. The car’s few body panels are “floating elements”. They suggest lightness and simplicity, which is perfectly consistent with the car’s concept.
The deliberate reduction in all things even includes the lights: simple headlamps, embedded indicators flush with the car’s contours and the clear design of the tail lamps forego superficial, showy effects. Instead, the vehicle openly displays its attractive meshwork of carbon fibres. And other details – such as the wheel suspensions with their noticeable pushrod dampers or the silencer – suddenly serve aesthetic purposes in addition to their usual functions.
