What was the difference in look between The Next Generation and Voyager?

The difference between the Voyager design and The Next Generation ship was the Voyager ship was more a scientific exploration ship. The Enterprise was like a luxury liner in comparison. Voyager was more sleek and more advanced technically. I went for a much cooler look whereas the Enterprise for The Next Generation was a much warmer palette.

What colours did you choose for Voyager?

We would go with greys and blues, that type of range of colours. Some green, but a very bluish green, and those colours were repeated throughout the ship. There was a continuity of colour. All consoles were the same colour and they had silver powder in them, so that there was a little bit of a glint to them and they were textured.

I wanted a metallic look on some things. I wanted it to look like a certain alloy, so we would add silver dust. You tried not do too much of that, because it�s hard to touch up anything with silver dust, and being a series going on for seven years, you�ve got to do a lot of re-touching.