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A Syd Mead group of car designs for Blade Runner
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A Syd Mead group of car designs for Blade Runner
Warner Bros., 1982. Comprising 4 illustrations, pen and marker on illustration paper, each signed ("Mead"), dated June 4-9, 1980, of various designs of futuristic automobiles, including the "Tyrell Aerodyne: Ground Mode" and the "Typical Aerodyne: Roadway Mode." As a former designer of cars for Ford and U.S. Steel, Mead had a running start when creating his vision for the vehicles in Blade Runner. His experience in industrial design lent itself to the dystopian aura of the film on which Mead is credited as a "visual futurist." Of his designs, he said, "What I do is to think about why things are the way they are now, combine that awareness with how things were, are now, and may be brought into reality. This defines the look of 'future stuff.'"
Provenance: the estate of Charles Breen.
8.5 x 11 to 9 x 12 in.
Provenance: the estate of Charles Breen.
8.5 x 11 to 9 x 12 in.
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