Syd Mead, the visual futurist and conceptual artist who shaped the look of 'Blade Runner,' 'Aliens' and 'Tron,' among other projects, has died. He was 86. By Katie Kilkenny Syd Mead, the self ...

If you've watched any science fiction in the past few decades or seen a concept car, or, hell, even had a daydream about what the future may be like, then you owe a lot to a man named Syd Mead.

CORNISH: Mead was the artist and designer who helped build the world in sci-fi classics like "Blade Runner," "Aliens" and "Tron." Syd Mead started drawing when he was just 3 years old. His ...

Syd Mead, a visual effects artist and American industrial designer who helped imagine the futuristic look of science fiction classics like “Blade Runner” and “Aliens,” has died.

By Neil Genzlinger Syd Mead, a designer whose wide-ranging work included envisioning vehicles of the future as well as helping to shape the look of environments in movies like “Blade Runner ...

Syd Mead as a titan. Few have had the impact on how we visualise the future that he did; cyberpunk as a genre to a large extent has a look codified by him. Was always a joy to watch something with ...

was an interpretation of someone else’s vision, not Mr. Mead’s own ... spend our efforts trying to make things better.” Syd was old-school, one of the last great artists of the old ...

Syd Mead brought neo-futurism to the big screen in 1982. At 84, he’s done it again in Blade Runner 2049. One of the sketches of future Las Vegas that Syd Mead made for Blade Runner 2049.

Syd Mead — the artist and designer who helped build the worlds of films like Blade Runner, Alien, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture — died Monday, Variety reports. He was 86. Mead reportedly ...

When Ridley Scott recruited Syd Mead for his 1982 film Blade Runner, he had a simple assignment for the designer: devise the futuristic vehicle driven by the film’s protagonist Deckard.

Syd Mead, a visual effects artist and American industrial designer who helped imagine the futuristic look of science fiction classics like “Blade Runner” and “Aliens,” has died.