Syd Mead

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Syd Mead (born July 18, 1933 in St. Paul, MN) is an industrial designer best known for his vehicle designs in science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens, and Tron. In much of his film work, he is billed as a "visual futurist" or "conceptual designer".

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Career History

1959: Employed by Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Center in Dearborn, Michigan
1960 to 1961: Working at Ford Motor Company Styling in Detroit, Michigan
1961: Makes futuristic paintings for a US Steel booklet
1970: Starts own company, Syd Mead, Inc.
1976: Book of designs Sentinel published
1978: Works on Star Trek: The Motion Picture (V'ger design)
1980: Begins work on Blade Runner (city background designs, vehicle design) and Tron (lightcycle, tank, solar sailer, and carrier designs)
1983: Works on 2010 (Leonov spaceship design)
1985: Works on Aliens (Sulaco design) and Short Circuit ('Johnny' robot design). Book Oblagon published
1986: Works on Short Circuit (robot design)
1987: Designs space cruisers, fighters, props, and costumes for the Japanese anime Yamato 2520
1991: Kronolog design book (compilation of Kronovecta, Kronoteco, and Kronovid books) published
1993: Designs vehicles for the computer game CyberRace
1994: Works on designs for Timecop (guns, time machine) and Strange Days ('sim-stim' deck and headgear)
1997: Conceptual artist on the computer game Wing Commander: Prophecy
1998: Designs mecha for Japanese anime Turn A Gundam
2000: Works on Mission to Mars (vehicle design)
2001: Sentury published
2004: "DVD" drawing Step By Step 4-series