SYD MEAD
Jan 27, 2021
3 minutes
WORDS DELWYN MALLETT
talent for drawing combined with an obsession with the future led to Syd Mead’s extraordinary ability to turn inner visions into fabulously exotic artwork. Born in 1933, the son of a Baptist preacher in St Paul, Minnesota, he was soon on the move as his peripatetic father spread the word of God. It’s said that he started drawing at the age of three, and he was an accomplished draughtsman by the time he graduated from the Colorado Springs High School
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