Geoffrey Mandel Geoffrey T . Mandel is a production artist and designer who was the scenic artist for , the sixth and seventh seasons of , and the first season of . Prior to this , however , he was a production assistant in the art department of in 1994 and was also involved in the production of . More recently he was a graphic designer on ' s . Career . As a graphic designer , Mendel has worked on various genre shows , including , " Space : Above and Beyond " , and the 2005 film " Serenity " , a spin - off the cult sci - fi series " Firefly " . He was also a graphic designer for the series " V . I . P . " and the films " Spider - Man 2 " ( starring Kirsten Dunst ) , " Yours , Mine and Ours " , and " Lucky You " ( starring Eric Bana ) . His other graphic design credits include the TV shows " JAG " and " NCIS " and the films " Mission : Impossible III " ( directed by J . J . Abrams ) and " Blades of Glory " . Other projects on which he has worked include the films " Jingle All the Way " , " X - Men " ( starring Bruce Davison , Famke Janssen , and Patrick Stewart ) , " Solaris " , " Timeline " , and " Soul Plane " , the TV shows " VIP " , " Arli $ $ " , " Kingpin " , " Numb3rs " , and " 24 " , and the TV movie " The Pentagon Wars " . He most recently worked on the FX series " Dirt " , on which he is credited as the show ' s graphic designer . In addition to the above , Mandel directed his own short film in 1991 , called " Kill the Director " . In 2000 , he was the production designer on an independent film called " Alcatraz Avenue " for Lather Rinse Repeat Productions . " Star Trek " . Mandel first worked on " Star Trek " as a production assistant in " Deep Space Nine " s art department during the show ' s third season . He then worked in the art department of the seventh feature film , " Generations " . Several years later , he was a credited scenic artist on the ninth film , " Insurrection " , along with Doug Drexler , Anthony Fredrickson , Kurt Hanson , Alan Kobayashi , Denise Okuda , and James Van Over and under the supervision of Michael Okuda . Afterward , Mandel became a scenic artist on " Star Trek : Voyager " during the latter half of the show ' s sixth season , beginning with the episode . He continued working on the show throughout its seventh and final season , after which he moved on to " Star Trek : Enterprise " , working on that show ' s first season before departing the franchise . On both " Voyager " and " Enterprise " , the scenic artist credit was rotated weekly between Mandel and his fellow scenic artists on the show , meaning that Mandel worked on more than just the episodes for which he is credited . For example , on the first season of " Enterprise " , the scenic artist credit rotated between Mandel and Anthony Fredrickson , yet both contributed to every episode of that season . ( " See the credits section below for a list of episodes in which Mandel received credit . " ) Just a few of Mandel ' s " Trek " contributions include the Risa logo for ( see ) , a seen in , interior panels for the " Vahklas " for , and prop books such as " The Handbook of Exobiology " and " The Cosmos A to Z " . In 2007 Mandel contributed approximately two months of ( uncredited ) work to the production of J . J . Abrams ' re - invigoration of the " Star Trek " alternate universe film franchise , simply titled " Star Trek " . One of only two known prime universe " Star Trek " studio production staff veterans to work on the re - imagined live - action franchise , it was only his former colleague John Eaves , who continued to do so . Other " Trek " contributions . His involvement with " Star Trek " fandom dates back to the mid - 1970s , when he ran the fan club UNISTAR in New York City and penned and published his own detailed blueprints of vessels from both the and the . It was during this period that he met Doug Drexler , who was running his Star Trek store in Manhattan , New York – " The Federation Trading Post " – and with whom Mandel compiled one of the first technical reference works in Trek history : the " USS Enterprise Officer ' s Manual " . Before he started working on " Star Trek " , in 1980 , he collaborated with several people on the " Star Trek Maps " . In 2002 , Mandel wrote and illustrated the " " , which could be considered an update to the original " Star Trek Maps " . Besides his work on canon " Trek " productions , Mandel was also the graphic designer for the video game " " . Mandel appeared in the 1997 documentary " Trekkies " .