DETROIT (17 March 2014) -- The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University is thrilled to present Syd Mead and Roger Servick in a captivating lecture and Q&A session on their futurist artistic vision and their careers in the science fiction entertainment industry, architecture and transportation design.
The event is free and open to the public and takes place 3pm to 5pm, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at the Hilberry Theatre on the Wayne State campus. The Hilberry Theatre is located at 4743 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201. Guests are asked to RSVP by March 23, to (313) 577-0300 or online at http://specialevents.wayne.edu/mead2014.
Syd Mead began his career in industrial design in the early '60s at Ford Motor Company's Advanced Styling Studio. He went on to design and illustrate for numerous corporations such as United States Steel, Celanese, Allis Chalmers, Atlas Cement and Philips Electronics. In 1970 he founded Syd Mead Inc. in Detroit, through which he provided architectural renderings for such clients as Intercontinental Hotels, 3D International, Harwood Taylor & Associates, Don Ghia, Gresham & Smith and Philip Koether Architects. After moving his firm to California in 1975, Mead began designing for most of the major film studios. He provided designs for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, TRON, 2010, Short Circuit, Aliens, Time Cop, Johnny Mnemonic, Mission: Impossible III and Elysium.
Roger Servick '71 attended Wayne State University to pursue a career in industrial design. It was at Wayne State that Servick first received an introduction to the world of art and enjoyed the education he received from several automotive designers who taught evening classes, often relating their day to day design challenges. Servick interviewed with Syd Mead at Mead's Detroit studio and a lifelong partnership was launched. Servick manages all business affairs for Syd Mead Inc., as well as their studio and residence in California and their farm in the Anchor Bay area of Michigan.
The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts at Wayne State University serves 2,300 students majoring in 16 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs through the James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History, the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance, the Department of Music and the Department of Communication. Wayne State University, located in the heart of Detroit's Midtown Cultural Center, is a premier urban research institution offering more than 370 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 28,000 students.