By lukeford.net – http://www.lukeford.net/Images/photos4/071209/41.htm, CC BY-SA 2.5, Link On December 30, news outlets reported that influential industrial designer and neofuturistic concept artist Syd Mead passed away. He was 86. The news was first reported by journalist John McElroy, and was confirmed by his spouse Roger Servick. Mead was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on July […] The post Iconic Designer & Concept Artist Syd Mead Passes Away appeared first on ANIME FEMINIST.
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