Modularized Concept Cars

Designer Marcos Costa Explores Production Flexibility

Swedish designer Marcos Costa has created a concept car in his Umea Institute of Design thesis project called ‘Anything moves a bucket of Lilies.’

Marcos Costa rethinks production assumptions and proposes a new, modularized approach to automotive manufacturing, pointing out that in addition to style, materials sourcing, parts transportation, and vehicle distribution all play a role in automotive design.

A short video overviews his sustainable design concept and assembly method that doesn’t require welding, painting, or most of the wast-intensive processes of the traditional assembly line.

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