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The Official Account for Syd Mead | Artist and Visual Futurist (1933-2019) | Current Exhibit: Future Pastime | 534 W 26th St, NYC

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"His design strategy is the only one possible for a futurist; he shapes the future in order to predict it." -Strother MacMinn, "Sentinel: Syd Mead" (1979)

"His design strategy is the only one possible for a futurist; he shapes the future in order to predict it."

 -Strother MacMinn, "Sentinel: Syd Mead" (1979)
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The 10th Anniversary screening of “Tomorrowland” is tonight at Metrograph as part of “Syd Mead: Illustrating the Future” For tickets and info, visit metrograph.com/category/syd-m…

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This Saturday begins the first of two very special screenings of TRON, as part of "Syd Mead: Illustrating the Future" at Metrograph. Syd Mead very famously co-designed the visual landscape of TRON, most prominently its vehicles (including the now legendary "Light Cycle")

This Saturday begins the first of two very special screenings of TRON, as part of "Syd Mead: Illustrating the Future" at <a href="/Metrograph/">Metrograph</a>.

Syd Mead very famously co-designed the visual landscape of TRON, most prominently its vehicles (including the now legendary "Light Cycle")
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"Without cynicism, Mead maintained a faith in that future, of the implicit promise that under an azure sky, boundless beauty awaits in a deathless tomorrow. It might be a tall order, but certainly the destination remains, just over the horizon." -Collin Sundt, The Brooklyn Rail

"Without cynicism, Mead maintained a faith in that future, of the implicit promise that under an azure sky, boundless beauty awaits in a deathless tomorrow. It might be a tall order, but certainly the destination remains, just over the horizon."

-Collin Sundt, <a href="/TheBrooklynRail/">The Brooklyn Rail</a>
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"The exhilaration and challenge of creating the human future rises above national and cultural boundaries. Technology is not a panacea, but an ever more elaborate tool to assist us in our mutual journey to the future. We are passengers on an ever more finite sphere, and in the

"The exhilaration and challenge of creating the human future rises above national and cultural boundaries.

Technology is not a panacea, but an ever more elaborate tool to assist us in our mutual journey to the future. We are passengers on an ever more finite sphere, and in the
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One of the most famous images is the AT-ATs. Concept artist Joe Johnstone came up with the idea based on designs that Syd Mead (Blade Runner concept artist) had done for US Steel. And from that, Joe Johnstone designed the look of the AT-ATs. 33/39

One of the most famous images is the AT-ATs. Concept artist Joe Johnstone came up with the idea based on designs that Syd Mead (Blade Runner concept artist) had done for US Steel. And from that, Joe Johnstone designed the look of the AT-ATs.

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In Syd Mead's 1969 concept art for U.S. Steel, an "emergency hyperbaric vehicle" rolls up to a disaster zone like a hospital on wheels. #EMSWeek

In Syd Mead's 1969 concept art for U.S. Steel, an "emergency hyperbaric vehicle" rolls up to a disaster zone like a hospital on wheels. #EMSWeek
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To celebrate the opening of “Future Pastime,” a new retrospective on the work of #bladerunner designer Syd Mead, we asked his collaborators and admirers to reflect on his life, legacy, and impact 🪐 interviewmagazine.com/culture/grimes…

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Syd Mead, U.S. Steel, and the creation of the AT-AT. Joe Johnston and Phil Tippett discuss the inspiration and creation of the iconic vehicles from Empire Strikes Back as part of "Light and Magic", the ILM docu-series currently on Disney+. U. S. Steel Phil Tippett Joe Johnston

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A vision of luxury and efficiency in future rail travel. This station merges automation with elegance—automated trains glide into platforms, while multi-level circulation ensures seamless movement between special venues, passenger services, and baggage areas. In the distance, a

A vision of luxury and efficiency in future rail travel. This station merges automation with elegance—automated trains glide into platforms, while multi-level circulation ensures seamless movement between special venues, passenger services, and baggage areas. 

In the distance, a