Herman Zimmerman
Production designer on Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and now Enterprise, Herman Zimmerman talks about tribbles, Cardassian philosopy of design and getting back to the basics on Enterprise.

What does the production designer do?
  Explain what the production designer is responsible for from script to visualisation.

Next Generation
  What look were you trying to achieve in Next Generation?

Pastel sixties
  What were the design elements in Next Generation? Were the original series colours banned?

Picard and humanity
  What were the ideas for Next Generation in terms of colour?

Enterprise D
  How was the look of the Enterprise D meant to reflect its role as a family ship?

Enterprise 01
  Creating a look for Enterprise.

Joining Star Trek
  How did you get the opportunity to work on Star Trek?

Recycling
  Is it common to have a set recycled for over twenty years as the Next Generation sets were?

Deep Space 9
  What was the brief of Deep Space 9? What feel was it supposed to have?

Cardassian culture
  Is one of the strengths of Star Trek that it�s really coherent?

Quality sets aren�t just for films
  What�s it like working on a feature film compared to a TV series?

How to make 85 Klingons look like 3,000
  Do you have a set that you�re most proud of?

Alone in a crowd of Klingons
  What�s it like being surrounded by eighty-five people dressed as Klingons?

The original Enterprise: warp drives and UFOs
  Why is the original Enterprise such a design classic?

Taking DS9 back to the 24th Century
  Trials and Tribble-ations was a really fantastic anniversary episode that took an enormous amount of effort.

Putting Kirk in his place
  What were the problems in recreating the set, matching the paint and the costumes?

Franchise phasers and toasted tribbles
  Did you have to recreate all the original phasers and communicators?

The challenges of Enterprise
  What are the challenges behind the new series? What�s the philosophy behind how that looks?

What are Enterprises made of?
  What kind of materials are you using to create this?

Das Boot in space
  Is the new Enterprise a dark ship or a bright one? Is it like a liner or more complicated?

The future on Enterprise
  Is your job more or less finished on this now or is there a lot more to do?

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