Book notes: Syd Mead's 'Sentinel II'

Featuring black bears, anti-gravity coils, and so many gyroscopes

Sentinel II: Steel Couture, Syd Mead, Futurist came out in 1987. It’s an update to the original, now out of print Sentinel, rather than a sequel.

Dubbing itself a “visual encyclopedia of possible fantasies,” it roughly covers Mead’s career with a lot of fantastic art.

P 7: The three paintings here were done for the lobby of the Ford Motor Company’s desi…