Syd Mead (1933-2019) Neo futurist illustrator and concept designer, had a singular career as a visual futurist, becoming one of a rare group of individuals kept on speed dial by the titans of industry and film. Mead's impact as a world building visual futurist broke through in Director Ridley Scott's 1982 rain soaked techno dystopian masterpiece Blade Runner whose visual landscape was largely Mead's creation. His work on the films Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Tron, Aliens, and Johnny Mnemonic plus the Japanese anime Gundam franchise define the visual identity of modern science fiction storytelling and cinematic futurism. Interestingly the sterile post human designs for Deckard's car in Blade Runner served as the direct inspiration for Elon Musk's Cybertruck (ah-hem, cough, derivative tech bro appropriation).

STUDIO IMAGE Volumes 1, 2, and 3 [complete run] by Syd Mead Published by Oblagon, Los Angeles, California. Three large landscape softcover volumes, 16.5" x 11.5", heavy glossy paper covers, side staple bound, vividly and profusely illustrated throughout with dynamic b&w sketches to intense full color artworks. Studio Image 1: first edition, first printing, August 1988, 38 pages. Studio Image 2 - revised second printing, March 1996, 35 pages. Studio Image 3 - first edition, first printing, 1994, 36 pages. All three volumes are in NEAR FINE Condition. Uncommon. These early modern futurism portfolios were marketed to professional industrial design studios rather than the general public, so print runs were small.