An Audience with Syd Mead
Who Is Syd?
Syd Mead is an artist, futurist, illustrator, and conceptual designer. His film projects include Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, Tron, 2010, Short Circuit, Aliens, Time Cop, Johnny Mnemonic, and Mission Impossible 3.
Syd has worked at Ford's styling studio and provided
designs and illustrations for Philips of Holland. He has done architectural
renderings (interior and exterior) for Intercontinental Hotels, 3D
International, Harwook Taylor & Associates, Don Ghia, and Gresham & Smith
among others. In the 1990s', Syd supplied designs for two Japanese toy
icons, "The New Yamato" and all eight robot characters in the new Turn-A
Gundam mobile suite series which were also seen as characters in Television
shows.
Syd's latest commission, specifically for the electronic game industry, was working with Gearbox in Plano, Texas on the game version of the Aliens franchise licensed from 2Oth Century Fox.
Hosted by
University of South Australia;
School of Art, Architecture, & Design
Sponsored by
Rising Sun Pictures
Exhibition Services
The Design Institute of Australia
Electrolux
Details
Date: 26th March
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Allan Scott Auditorium,
ground floor of the Hawke Building, City West Campus, The University of
South Australia (North Terrace between the Morphett Street bridge and West
Terrace)
Cost: None
Reservation: To avoid over booking please register your
attendance via
www.trybooking.com/DXO
Further information (PDF 187kb)