Syd Mead

Syd Mead projects began to include in 1979 work with most major studios, on such feature films as Star Trek: The Motion Picture, followed by Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Short Circuit, Aliens, Timecop, Johnny Mnemonic and Mission: Impossible III.

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Sydney Jay Mead, commonly Syd Mead (born July 18, 1933), is a visual futurist and a neofuturistic concept artist. He is best known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron.

Syd Mead bio

Born: July 18, 1933 (age 85 years), Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Parents: Kenneth Ray Mead
Education: ArtCenter College of Design
Awards: Spectrum Award for Grand Master, London Critics Circle Film Award for Special Achievement

1980: Began his work as “visual futurist” on Blade Runner, designing city backgrounds and vehicles (see Spinner)
Also worked the same year as a conceptual artist of the electronic world in Tron, designing lightcycles, tanks, solar sailers and carriers
1983: Worked for the film 2010 as visual futurist, designing the Leonov spaceship
1985: Conceptual artist for Aliens (Sulaco spaceship design)
1991: Designed backgrounds and spacecraft for the video game Terraforming (1992, PC-Engine DUO, Japan), also known as Syd Mead’s Terraforming (1993, TurboDuo, North America)
Production designer for the future Paris in From Time to Time (1992)
1994: Worked as visual consultant on designs for Timecop (guns, time machine)
Also worked for Strange Days, designed “SimStim” playback deck and headgear electrodes known as “trodes”
1995: Visual consultant for Johnny Mnemonic
1997: Alien conceptual artist on the computer game Wing Commander: Prophecy
2000: Works on Mission to Mars (conceptual artist) (vehicle design)
Production designer in Software
2013: Concept art for Elysium
Concept art for futuristic city and vehicles on Tomorrowland
2016: Created a weapon finish for the game Counter-Strike Global Offensive, the AUG.
2017: Designed the futuristic city of Las Vegas for Blade Runner 2049