This PhD proposes Discrete Automobility, a new design methodology for CASE vehicle interiors inspired by discrete architectural construction.

It reframes the designer’s role from direct form-giver to systems architect, orchestrating parameters and workflows rather than artefacts. By applying computational and automated techniques to physical prototyping, the research offers a more flexible, reconfigurable design approach suited to shared, autonomous mobility. Rooted in the Second Digital Turn, it argues that automation and AI do not diminish creativity but shift it toward indirect, system-based modes of authorship—offering new possibilities for sustainable, ‘post-Fordist’ design.