2026 | Professional

MUSE Design Awards Platinum Winner

SKYWORTH MINIBUS

Entrant

Skyworth Automotive Design Co., Ltd

Category

Transportation Design - Rapid Bus

Client's Name

Zecheng Zhong

Country / Region

China

About The Entry

SKYWORTH MINIBUS adopts the universe-inspired Star Ring Aesthetics design language, integrating high-standard passenger car design into commercial bus manufacturing to reshape future public transit vehicle benchmarks. Its sleek and dynamic exterior leads a new design trend for upcoming bus models, while the avant-garde and innovative interior layout delivers an entirely refreshed riding experience for both drivers and passengers.

The vehicle adopts a highly flexible modular body architecture, which supports the development of models with diverse lengths, heights and interior layouts on a single shared platform. This design not only cuts overall research and development costs substantially but also adapts to wide-ranging urban passenger transport demands efficiently.

Inside the bus, the driving area features reasonable functional zoning that offers drivers a comfortable, passenger car-like driving experience with thoughtful humanistic care. The passenger compartment is optimally laid out to maximize interior space within a compact body structure. The low-floor design ensures easy and convenient passenger access, while large-area surrounding transparent glass upgrades visual enjoyment. A full set of passenger car-level safety systems further guarantees reliable and secure travel for all passengers.

This model breaks the rigid design norms of traditional buses with its innovative cockpit and passenger zone layouts. It realizes cross-platform component sharing with other models under the brand, including headlight modules, taillights, steering wheels and central control screens, which greatly reduces mold development and material costs, speeds up market response and inherits the brand’s family design gene.

Committed to sustainable development, SKYWORTH MINIBUS uses renewable eco-friendly fabrics and materials for interior decoration. It perfectly integrates form, function, social care and sustainability, realizing radical innovation beyond incremental upgrades and redefining core standards for modern urban public transportation.

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Credits

Design Manager
Zecheng Zhong
Interior Designer
Yuan Zhao
Exterior Designer
Xiaonan Ji
Exterior Designer
Zhicheng Wang
Interior Designer
Pengpeng Kang
Exterior Designer
Yanpeng Sun
CMF Designer
Di Zhang
Digital Modeler
Zhiling Chen
Exterior Designer
Chuangyuan Lin
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