HUMANOID HISTORY

Syd Mead design sketch for Ford, 1959.

(Henry Ford Museum)

Computer center at the University of Michigan, 1971.

Syd Mead, Tokyo Bay Boat Race, 1983.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

Toshiba's Model 500 View Phone demonstrated in Tokyo, May 1968.

Hungary, 1970.

Elon Musk piñatas for sale in Dallas.

(Dallas Observer)

Syd Mead concept art for U.S. Steel, 1962.

(Syd Mead Official)

Tape drive at the University of Michigan, undated.

Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

American bullet train, illustrated by Ed Valigursky for Popular Mechanics, November 1983.

Syd Mead pictures a space colony under construction, as seen in 1979's Sentinel.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

TRON concept art by Syd Mead.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

Blade Runner concept art by Syd Mead.

(Syd Mead/Future Pastime)

The art of Syd Mead is coming to New York.

(Future Pastime)

William Shatner and robot friend in Robotics: The Future Is Now, 1984.

Welcome to 1981.