Lots of great stuff on set and ship design.
Here are a few other random bits of stuff picked up during the panel.
Veteran Star Trek designers John Eaves and Scott Schneider designed the Federation ships for Discovery.
The U.S.S. Discovery sickbay uses inspirations from U.S.S. Enterprise sickbay in TOS.
One of the influences for the design of the U.S.S. Shenzhou sets was 1960s James Bond films.
Both the U.S.S. Discovery and the U.S.S. Shenzhou have captain’s “ready rooms.”
They have endeavored to ensure that the sets actually fit the exterior designs of the ship but admit “there is some cheating.”
They have made a 3-D chess set
The Klingon Sarcophogus ship doesn’t really have practical touch displays like Federation ships but uses holographic displays done in post-production VFX.
The set build for Shenzhou was a challenge because it is on the bottom of the saucer so it had to be built off the ground and “upside down.”