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Mead, Syd

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Personal name headingMead, Syd
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Variant(s)Mead, Sydney Jay, 1933-2019
Birth date1933-07-18
Death date2019-12-30
Place of birthSaint Paul (Minn.)
Place of deathPasadena (Calif.)
Profession or occupationIndustrial designers Artists
Visual futurist
Found inZimbert, J.A. The official art of 2010, c1984: t.p. (Syd Mead) p. 10 (visual futurist)
Wikipedia, October 23, 2017 (Syd Mead; Sydney Jay Mead, commonly Syd Mead, born July 18, 1933 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is a prolific and influential American "visual futurist", industrial designer and a neofuturistic concept artist; he is best known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron; his works, many of which are critically acclaimed and highly regarded, have led to Mead being called "the artist who illustrates the future")
New York times, via WWW, article dated January 3, 2020, viewed January 9, 2020 (Syd Mead; Sydney Jay Mead; born on July 18, 1933, in St. Paul, Minn.; designer of future worlds; died Monday [December 30, 2019] in Pasadena;
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