Explore the process behind the creation of the ships features in the Star Trek, Star Trek- Into Darkness and Star Trek- Beyond films.
Ben Robinson is best known as the man behind Eaglemoss's Official
Star Trek Starships collection, which in the last three years has
become the largest and best-regarded collections of model Star Trek
ships ever produced.
He has been involved with Star Trek for 20 years. Ben was the
launch editor of the huge Star Trek Fact Files reference work,
which sold over 50 million units. Then he went on to edit the US
Star Trek- The Magazine, which ran between 1999 and 2003. He has
co-written two Haynes Manuals, the first featuring all seven
Enterprises, and the second focusing on the Klingon Bird-of-Prey.
Ben is particularly passionate about the writing, design, and
visual effects behind the series. In the last two decades he has
conducted extensive interviews with many of the most significant
figures in the history of Star Trek from Dorothy Fontana and Matt
Jefferies to Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr, Ron D. Moore, and
Bryan Fuller.
“ For fans of Star Trek starships and for fans of the
Kelvin Timeline (and certainly for fans of both!), this reference
book is a must have.” – Trek Core
“… the Designing Starships series is hard to beat as a
complete set of coffee table books. Each book is a manageable size
to thumb through, without being so big that they become unwieldy.”
– Trek Core
From the inside flap
This book features the ships from the movies STAR TREK (2009), STAR
TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013), and STAR TREK BEYOND (2016). It begins
with the Enterprise: Director J.J. Abrams took on the challenge
of redesigning the iconic starship for the 21st Century,
working with production designer Scott Chambliss to create a ship
that would be similar but noticeably different to the Enterprises
of the past. Chamblis also worked to create the look of three
different cultures: human, Vulcan and Romulan, developing their
worlds to represent each civilizations’ character. Alongside the
Enterprise is the Jellyfish: Spock’s organic Vulcan ship
modelled on a gyroscope; the multi-bladed Romulan mining ship the
Narada; and the vast 23rd Century city-station Yorktown, plus the
U.S.S. Kelvin, the Altamid Swarm Ship and more.
The chapters tell the stories of how the designers’ visions made it
to screen, from first concept to finished model, and examine their
inspirations, from JFK Airport to the backbone of a humpback
whale.
DESIGNING STARSHIPS is a series of lavishly illustrated art books
that detail the design process behind the most memorable ships in
STAR TREK’s history. Each book showcases original production
artwork, and features in-depth interviews with the concept
artists who created the ships, exploring exactly how each ship was
created and offering a fascinating glimpse of what could have been.
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