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Desilu Productions RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures Matt Jefferies Jefferies Tube

The production of Star Trek moved to Desilu Productions' Gower Street studio in Hollywood, which was formerly used by RKO Pictures and is now part of the Paramount lot. Art director Matt Jefferies designed the USS Enterprise and its interiors for the series. Jefferies also created props like the phaser and developed the functional bridge set layout based on his experience in aircraft design during World War II.

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Desilu Productions RKO Pictures Paramount Pictures Matt Jefferies Jefferies Tube

The production of Star Trek moved to Desilu Productions' Gower Street studio in Hollywood, which was formerly used by RKO Pictures and is now part of the Paramount lot. Art director Matt Jefferies designed the USS Enterprise and its interiors for the series. Jefferies also created props like the phaser and developed the functional bridge set layout based on his experience in aircraft design during World War II.

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Once the series was picked up by NBC the production moved to what was then Desilu

Productions Gower street location. It was previously the main studio complex used by RKO
Pictures and is now part of the Paramount Pictures lot. The series used what are now stages 32
and 33.[13] The show's production staff included art director Matt Jefferies. Jefferies designed
the starship Enterprise and most of its interiors.[20] His contributions to the series were
honored in the name of the "Jefferies tube", an equipment shaft depicted in various Star Trek
series. In addition to working with his brother, John Jefferies, to create the hand-held phaser
weapons of Star Trek, Jefferies also developed the set design for the bridge of the Enterprise
(which was based on an earlier design by Pato Guzman). Jefferies used his practical
experience as an airman during World War II and his knowledge of aircraft design to devise a
sleek, functional and ergonomic bridge layout.

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