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The Jazz Album Cover That Became Blade Runner

Syd Mead's concept artwork for Blade Runner has always looked a bit like a jazz painting. It's meant to portray a saturnine view of downtown Los Angeles in the future, but the only things in it that are even slightly futuristic are the armored-looking dumptruck on the street, and the hulking mega-skyscraper in the background which is probably meant to be the Tyrell corporation. Besides that, the image is a wash of signage, mostly featuring Asian text. All it needs is an accompanying saxophone track and this could serve as the cover image to an album, circa 1963. More »

2:07 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Kevin Kelly
4,293 views, 19 comments

Latest by tamoko: This film has such legs. The industrial design and concept art still feels so fresh. On the topic of jazz, I hear Bitche's Brew in my head overtime I see Blade Runner. Maybe I should try to create a jazz more »

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Put Futurist Syd Mead On The Hot Seat

Syd Mead has had a hand in designing everything from Ford automobiles, to V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture, to the Sulaco ship design in Aliens, and even the look and feel of the cities in Blade Runner and Tron. He's definitely a giant in the field of future design, and if you could ask him any question, what would it be? More »

2:10 PM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Kevin Kelly
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