The 2006 National Design Awards jury granted a Special Jury Commendation to illustrator and conceptual designer Syd Mead, known for his work on Hollywood film projects such as Bladerunner, Aliens, and Mission: Impossible 3. Mead’s diverse career, spanning some thirty years, has included working with clients in the entertainment, hotel, aviation, and automobile industries. Always advocating new technologies, his work has consistently looked toward the future, imagining new possibilities, particularly in transportation systems. Mead has exhibited his work internationally and is the author of several publications, including Sentury (2001), Oblagon (1996), and Kronolog Collection (1991).