# Odds & Ends (2010 - Present)
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LED Staff (2023)
An interactive LED staff made from bits of plumbing mostly.
Live Laugh Anarchy Sign (2023)
A gift for a friend. Yes, it’s sequenced.
Thumper Dance Platforms (2015)
RGB LEDs creating generative patterns embeded in dance platforms - they lit up the night at Burning Man 2015.
Looney Fezzes (2014)
The Looneys (of Looney Labs) commissioned these fezzes that feature a 3D spinning EL wire pyramid.
EL Wire Dreamcatcher (2014)
The “threads” were EL wire and the outer ring was loaded with LEDs.
Magical LED Orb (2012)
Toss a dozen automatically changing RGB LEDs into an off-the-shelf lighting fixture and you get… magic!
EL Wire Ram Horns (2012)
While the end result was pretty cool, sculpting with floral foam was a big mistake.
Lynda.com Interview (2012)
Branden and Lynda Weinman go back to the dot-com days when he was a regular speaker at Lynda’s hugely popular Flash Forward conferences. Since they had spoken for many years about collaborating together and when Lynda’s team approached Branden about doing a course for Lynda.com, he jumped at the chance.
The result is a long-form interview titled Branden Hall: Interactive Architect and Digital Maker.
Over the course of 45 minutes Branden talks about his philosophy on making, his favorite projects, and where he sees the world of interactive media going in the future.
Rudolf the Red Nosed Rave Deer Nose (2011)
A simple light organ circuit to complete a friend’s costume.
Disco Coat (2011)
Could this yellow 70s disco suit be any more tacky… yes, yes it can. We have the technology.
Gear-Shaped Wired Earbud Wrap (2010)
Branden designed these parametrically with raw G-Code.
”Hot Dog” CNC Surface Clamp (2010)
Needing hold-downs for his desktop CNC mill, Branden first designed these.