Auto Artist

Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019)

Syd Mead, car designer turned artist known for looking far into the future, and the visionary behind such movies as “Blade Runner,” “Aliens” and “Tron,” died December 30. He was 86.

Much of his automotive artwork focused on the future, or as he termed science fiction, “reality ahead of schedule.”

In 2017, Mead received the lifetime design achievement award at the 30th EyesOn Design car show at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, an event widely known as the car designers’ concours.

1967 Future Rolls Royce, 1969 Sentinel 400 Limo, 1970 LeMans Street Coupe,   1981 Downtown Cityscape / Blade Runner, 1968 Super-Sedan, 957 Future Bugatti, 1982 Design for the Light Cycles in Tron,