Syd Mead

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Syd Mead
Born	July 18, 1933 (1933-07-18) (age 75) Saint Paul, Minnesota

Sydney Jay Mead, commonly Syd Mead, (born July 18, 1933 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States) 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".^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career history

• 1959: Employed by Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Center in Dearborn, Michigan.
• 1960–1961: 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 animation Yamato 2520.
• 1991: Kronolog design book (compilation of Kronovecta, Kronoteco, and Kronovid books) published.
• 1991: Designs backgrounds and spacecraft for the video game Terraforming (1992, PC-Engine DUO, Japan), also known as Syd Mead's Terraforming (1993, TurboDuo, North America).
• 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).
• 1995: Designs vehicles for the SegaSaturn game Gran Chaser aka Cyber Speedway (CyberRace's sequel).
• 1997: Conceptual artist on the computer game Wing Commander: Prophecy.
• 1998: Designs mecha for the anime Turn A Gundam.
• 2000: Works on Mission to Mars (vehicle design).
• 2001: Sentury published.
• 2004: "DVD" drawing Step By Step 4-series.
• 2005: Works on Mission: Impossible III (Mask Maker machine design).
• 2008: works with Gearbox Software on Aliens: Colonial Marines

[edit] External links

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• Official site
• Syd Mead at the Internet Movie Database
• Syd Mead entry at Anime.com
• Blogs in JPN
• Detailed information for the "Syd Mead's Terraforming" video-game at the PC Engine Software Bible
• Entry for Syd Mead's Terraforming at PC-Engine Catalog Project

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NAME	Mead, Syd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mead, Sydney Jay
SHORT DESCRIPTION	industrial designer
DATE OF BIRTH	1933-7-18
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Paul, MN
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH