Syd Mead

July 9th 2008

Syd Mead Interiew: Designer of Tron and Blade Runner Vehicles Talks To Boing Boing Gadgets

Here Joel interviews Syd Mead, designer on vehicles in movies such as Tron, Blade Runner and Aliens. Syd’s secret to designing tomorrow: Overlay the future on top of the familiar. Worth a watch. [BBG]

Tech News Brian Lam Jul 9

July 3rd 2008

Spaceship Vs. Pirate Galleons, For The Ultimate Booty

Here’s a knock-down dogfight between a high-tech spaceship and a whole swarm of pirate galleons, from the mind of artist Nicholas Ferrand aka V.I.A.G. Or maybe the spaceship is teaming up with the more low-fi pirates? My new favorite blog is Concept Ships, which posts nothing but concept art of spaceships, including famous people like…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 3

June 24th 2008

Doha, Qatar: A Future City as Envisioned by Syd Mead

You may know “futurist” Syd Mead from his design work on geek friendly movies like Blade Runner, Tron and Aliens-but in his most recent work he envisions a future city by the name of Doha, Qatar. Naturally, his work speaks for itself, but I must admit that it stands in stark contrast to the bleak…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jun 24

March 5th 2008

The Jazz Album Cover That Became Blade Runner

Syd Mead’s concept artwork for Blade Runner has always looked a bit like a jazz painting. It’s meant to portray a saturnine view of downtown Los Angeles in the future, but the only things in it that are even slightly futuristic are the armored-looking dumptruck on the street, and the hulking mega-skyscraper in the background…

io9 Kevin Kelly Mar 5

February 26th 2008

Syd Mead Art for U.S. Steel (1960s)

Professor Michael Stoll has posted an amazing collection of promotional art Syd Mead did for U.S. Steel. Prof. Stoll posted the Syd Mead images to the (Boing Boing Gadgets/Paleo-Future Blog) Flickr Group, In the Year 2000. The entire set of images can be found in the Portfolio of Probabilities photoset. One thing that is interestingly…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 26

November 13th 2007

Put Futurist Syd Mead On The Hot Seat

Syd Mead has had a hand in designing everything from Ford automobiles, to V’Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to the Sulaco ship design in Aliens, and even the look and feel of the cities in Blade Runner and Tron. He’s definitely a giant in the field of future design, and if you could…

io9 Kevin Kelly Nov 13

February 25th 2007

As a robot designer for Short Circuit, concept artist for Tron, a production illustrator for the first Star Trek movie and a “visual futurist” for Blade Runner, Syd Mead has contributed to the paleo-future through some amazing movies. Flickrtarian Michael Heilemann recently posted a set of Syd Mead concept art. Be sure to check out…

Tech News Matt Novak Feb 25

Syd Mead

Syd Mead Interiew: Designer of Tron and Blade Runner Vehicles Talks To Boing Boing Gadgets

Spaceship Vs. Pirate Galleons, For The Ultimate Booty

Doha, Qatar: A Future City as Envisioned by Syd Mead

The Jazz Album Cover That Became Blade Runner

Syd Mead Art for U.S. Steel (1960s)

Put Futurist Syd Mead On The Hot Seat

Syd Mead

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