1. Sydney Jay Mead was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist.
15 Facts About Syd Mead
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Syd Mead was born on July 18,1933, in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Syd Mead's father was a Baptist minister, who read him pulp magazines, such as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon, sparking his interest in science fiction.
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In 1959, Syd Mead was recruited to Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Studio by Elwood Engel.
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From 1960 to 1961, Syd Mead worked in Ford Motor Company Styling in Detroit, Michigan.
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Syd Mead left Ford after two years to illustrate books and catalogues for companies including United States Steel, Celanese, Allis-Chalmers and Atlas Cement.
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Syd Mead's work was later exhibited in Japan, Italy, California and Spain.
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In 1983, Syd Mead was invited by Chrysler Corporation to be a guest speaker to its design staff.
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Syd Mead created a series of slides to provide visuals to the lecture, and the resulting presentation was a success.
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In March 2010, Syd Mead completed a four-city tour of Australia.
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In 2018, Syd Mead published his autobiography, titled A Future Remembered.
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Syd Mead worked with major studios on the feature films: Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Short Circuit, Aliens, Timecop, Johnny Mnemonic, Mission: Impossible III, Elysium, Tomorrowland and Blade Runner 2049.
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Syd Mead appears in movie documentaries such as Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner and Mark Kermode's On the Edge of Blade Runner, and promotional materials such as the DVD extra for Aliens and a promotional short film about the making of 2010.
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Syd Mead was in a relationship with Roger Servick; the couple married in 2016.
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On December 30,2019, Syd Mead died in his Pasadena home at age 86, after three years of lymphoma.