It was paintings by Syd Mead. They gave these portfolios—I think there were 12 illustrations—to design schools and students. They published them with no copyright at all. ‘What we’re ...

Imagine a future where we aren’t beholden to smartphones or touchscreens. How would we socialize? How would we get around? What would we wear? “‘Pastime’ is very literal: capturing moments ...

Mead was hired to design the flying police vehicle for Ridley ... lights cast complex shadows across a dark urban landscape. Syd Mead, Running of the 200th Kentucky Derby, 1975 Courtesy Syd ...

Plus, the ragged edges of possibility and design are what attracted so many of his future clients, as the then Detroit-living designer decided to start his own firm known as Syd Mead Incorporated ...

Curated by Elon Solo and William Corman, Future Pastime focuses on Syd Mead’s lifestyle ... thin imitations of AI. Mead was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1933. After a spell in the army, he went to ...

“Given the number of models of fast cars that LEGO releases, Fast and Furious is an obvious source of inspiration. The Toyota Supra MK4 is the fourth model based on a vehicle that appears in the ...

Legendary visual futurist Syd Mead’s paintings will be showcased in a major exhibition, “Future Pastime,” running from March 28 to May 21 at the former Mitchell-Innes & Nash gallery space in ...

When Ridley Scott recruited Syd Mead ... which Mead developed a now-iconic catalog stacked with his vivid futuristic scenes. “We’re talking technology, innovation, industrial design ...

illustrated by American film concept artist Syd Mead. Even though the designs are more atypical and weird, especially the titular Gundam, the unusual mechas only add to Turn A’s charm.

After the misfiring 1968 sessions for The Madcap Laughs, Barrett and Floyd’s former manager Peter Jenner had seen little to nothing of Syd (“I think he did come into our office once to get a passport ...

That developed into a career covering news, reviews, motorsports, and a further obsession with car culture and the next-gen technology and design styles that are underway, transforming the ...

Syd Mead passed in 2019, but his distinct neo-futurist style oozes from Mass Effect’s every frame. Rather than simply placing a forward-looking twist on modern design, neo-futurism pushes ...