Syd Mead
Art Now and Then: Syd Mead
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Following a stint in the Army, Syd studied at the Art Center School in Los Angeles where he graduated in 1959. Immediately the talented young artist was snapped up by Elwood Engle at the Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Studio where he worked for two years. Following that, Mead worked freelance, illustrating science fiction books, and creating forward-looking catalogs for several large corporations, among them U.S. Steel where he was given free rein to unleash his futuristic automobile concepts on a scale far beyond that of the ever-practical designers at Ford. His dart-like automotive projectile (top) and the Innovari Prototype (above) are from this effort, what has now come to be called oxymoronically, "retro-future."
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1977 911S Targa 2.7L (CIS) Silver/Black
2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe (AWD) 3.7L Black on Black
1989 modified Scat II HP Hovercraft
George, Architect
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