These things have to be designed and manufactured.

We flew a costume designer to Switzerland to pick up the fabric for the Starfleet uniforms.

Several items on our uniforms are 3D printed.

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Some of our sets can take over six weeks to make.

CBS has given us the time and the money to make something the fans will find worthwhile.

It has to be cohesive and it is.

For instance: The bridge of the U.S.S.

Discovery.Trekfans think they already know what it looks like fromthe trailer.

But thats not it the trailer shows the bridge of the U.S.S.

Shenzhou an entirely different (and older) ship than the Discovery that the productionalsohad to build.

The actual Discovery bridge has yet to be revealed… EW has more scoop to come, follow @jameshibberdfor more.