Syd Mead

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Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American artist, illustrator, industrial designer, and neo-futurist concept artist whose renderings of future cities, vehicles and technologies shaped the visual language of modern futurism and late twentieth-century science fiction. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Mead graduated from the Art Center School in Los Angeles in 1959 and joined Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Studio, leaving after roughly two years for a commission from U.S. Steel to portray steel as a material of the future. The five volumes he illustrated for the company were circulated and collected widely across industrial and educational circles, resulting in a transformation in his practice from mere transportation design to broad-scale applied futurism across a variety of disciplines. In 1970, Mead founded Syd Mead, Inc., which remained the vehicle for the rest of his career. His work ranged across consumer products, technology, architecture, aeronautics...

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