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I'm off to Wen-Do in about twenty minutes, but before I go I wanted to give you all a link to some truly amazing art. Syd Mead is a master of the gouache medium, and fortunately Prof. Michael Stoll came across an unexpected bonanaza of his artwork:

Sometimes students are good for a big surprise - as in this case. Having read one of my shorter posts (actually this one: www.hs-augsburg.de/~mstoll/?p=411 ) on a website about retro-futurism, Dennis Bille one day came around with a quite large set of folders and unpacked these wonderfull illustrations. Obviously they once were give-a-ways from "United States Steel International" to show, how the future might look like - from a early 60s perspective. Dennis Bille got these folders from a retired designer as a gift for helping to close down his office. what a symbolic story!

Here's a small sample:



And here's a link to a larger version of the same piece:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstoll/2214593812/sizes/l/in/set-72157603779992640/

If you REALLY want to groove on Mead's gouache technique, click the "Original" link and prepare to be floored.

You can find the full portfolio here -- just click on the pictures for larger files, and on "all sizes" for the original size setting.