What is Syd Mead?
[[File:Syd Mead LF.JPG|right|200px]] '''Sydney Jay Mead''' (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and [[neofuturistic]] [[concept art]]ist. He was known for his designs for science-fiction movies such as ''[[Blade Runner]]'', ''[[Alien (movie)|Alien]]'' and ''[[Tron]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cathcart |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/arts/23iht-lights.1.13118726.html |title=Borrowing an idea from Los Angeles |work=New York Times |date=22 May 2008 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> Mead was born in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota]]. Mead died of [[lymphoma]] in [[Pasadena, California]] on December 30, 2019 at the age of 86.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/12/syd-mead-dead-blade-runner-tron-visionary-futurist-1202818716/ Syd Mead Dies: Visionary Futurist Who Worked On ‘Blade Runner’ & ‘Tron’ Was 86]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{Official website|http://www.sydmead.com}} * {{IMDb name|id=0574927}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mead, Syd}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lymphoma]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:American designers]] [[Category:American science fiction writers]] [[Category:Writers from Pasadena, California]] [[Category:Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota]] {{US-bio-stub}}