Visual artist and futurist Syd Mead, who helped shape the look of influential sci-fi films including “Blade Runner,” “Tron,” “Aliens” and “Star Trek: The Motion Picture,” died Monday of complications ...

Syd Mead envisioned the Spinner flying police cars in Blade Runner, the Light Cycles in Tron and the U.S.S. Sulaco in Aliens. His fingerprints are also on the built universes these vehicles inhabit.

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 ...

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Visual Futurist Syd Mead Blade Runner Aliens Tron reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future Photographed in stunning High Definition this featurette provides insight into the ...