Futuristic Automotive Design Sketch, 1959
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Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like Blade Runner.
Syd Mead combined his interests in automobiles and science fiction into an influential career in industrial design. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in 1959 and spent 20 months in Ford Motor Company's advanced studio. He later designed the company's pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair. Mead's futuristic work appeared in films like Blade Runner.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1959
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
99.1.1251.41
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.500 in
Width: 11.000 in
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