HUMANOID HISTORY

Mátra Power Plant in Visonta, Hungary, 1972.

(Fortepan)

Syd Mead, Entering Stargate, 1996. On view in Future Pastime through 5/21 in New York.

(Syd Mead)

Darmstadt, Germany, ca. 1968.

(Bildindex)

Syd Mead, Moon 2000, 1979. On view in Future Pastime through 5/21 in New York.

(Syd Mead)

The director's cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture plays this Saturday at Metrograph in New York. (One more screening on 4/25.)

(Metrograph)

The art of Syd Mead, on view in Future Pastime in New York through 5/21.

(Future Pastime/Syd Mead Official)

Gundam art by Syd Mead, via @retroscifiart/Syd Mead Official.

Blade Runner #2, Marvel, 1982. Cover by Al Williamson.

(Heritage Auctions)

Polish poster for Aliens, 1986. Artwork by Andrzej Pagowski.

Mobilage by Syd Mead, 1985, on view in Future Pastime in New York through 5/21.

(Future Pastime/Syd Mead Official)

Italian poster for Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Art by Bob Peak.

Syd Mead design for 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Syd Mead concept art for U.S. Steel, 1968.

(Syd Mead Official)

Uranium Cafe on Route 66 in New Mexico, 1979. Photo by John Margolies.

(Library of Congress)

I'll be seeing this over the weekend.

(Future Pastime/Syd Mead Official)

Elektro the Mechanical Man, featured in the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. (NYPL)