[quote][i]I'VE CALLED [[SCIENCE FICTION]] "REALITY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE"....[/i] - [b]Syd Mead[/b][/quote]

An [[united_states|American]] visual concept artist born in 1933. After graduating from Art School Syd worked for many advertising agencies and as a car designer and concept artist for car companies in the 50s. Later he was hired by [[NASA]] in the 60s to make [[realistic]] depictions and pre-visualization work on several [[real life]] [[spacecraft]] projects (which would help him greatly to develop techniques he would later apply to his very sober, sound, detailed and realistic looking science fiction works).   

Syd Mead would become best known for his designs for 80s film productions such as [[Blade Runner]] (the [[Spinner]]), [[Aliens (1986)|]] (the [[Sulaco]] [[spacecraft]]), [[Tron]] (the lightcycles, digital tanks, solar sailer, and Sark's carrier designs) and [[2010 (book)|]] (the Leonov spaceship), all of which gave him notoriety in the field. In the 90s he also worked on the designs for the [[Turn A Gundam]] [[mecha]] anime series and the aborted [[Yamato2520]] (a sequel to [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato]]).

On December 30, 2019, Syd died in his Pasadena home at the age of 86, after three years of fighting lymphoma.

h4. See also

* [[Syd Mead (designer)]]

* [[Syd Mead (style)]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Syd Mead":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syd_Mead]
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