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Maker To Maker Podcast

November 30, 2021 By Brett Doar

I was the inaugural guest on TE Connectivity’s Maker To Maker podcast. I enjoyed the conversation with Brooke Glassman very much!

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TE Connectivity

November 30, 2021 By Brett Doar

TE makes a lot of the components that you will find in just about every electronic device. They make all kinds of sensors, relays, connectors, switches, cabling, you name it. I was approached by the wonderful folks at Contravent to create a machine that played music. It was a challenging project- we collaborated with Pull […]

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Book: How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius

November 28, 2021 By Brett Doar

I talked to the author Nick Greene for his book on basketball. I’m not a hardcore basketball fan but I’ve always appreciated the game’s balance of structure and improvisation, and I was flattered that Nick thought that my practice might provide some insight into the basketball. It’s also doubly flattering that it’s such a good […]

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Radio New Zealand Interview

August 1, 2019 By Brett Doar

From March to July 2019 I was in New Zealand working on a kids TV project with Joseph Herscher, and was interviewed for Radio New Zealand’s “Saturday Morning” programme. The interviewer was Kim Hill, who is one of New Zealand’s national treasures. It was so nice to talk to her and get a chance to […]

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Channellock

February 19, 2018 By Brett Doar

I really enjoyed creating this piece for one of my favorite tool brands,  Channellock!  It’s also my first director credit.  Shout out to my build team: Trevor Yamamoto, T.J.  Lewis, and Andrew Hussey.  Producer was Heather Robinson, DP and Editor was Chris Hall. The hand you see in the video belongs to the current president […]

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The Book of Henry

May 8, 2017 By Brett Doar

I really loved Colin Trevorrow‘s first film Safety Not Guaranteed and thought he was a great choice to direct Jurassic World.  So about a month after seeing Jurassic World I heard from the producers of his 3rd film, The Book of Henry, about creating a chain reaction machine for the movie (it’s featured heavily in the […]

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Meccano Lab

February 2, 2017 By Brett Doar

        I and the King Volcano World Industries (that is the name of my company) crew created this environment for Meccano*, called the Meccano Lab.  It served as the backdrop for an ad campaign for their 2017 toy line.  I really think Meccano is a great building toy, it lets you build […]

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UCI Magazine

March 25, 2016 By Brett Doar

        I got a little love from my graduate school not long ago, thanks to Roy Rivenburg for writing a great piece! Domino Effect

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Marketplace on Public Radio

March 25, 2016 By Brett Doar

                Marketplace’s Andy Uhler did a nice feature on me for public radio. They also produced a video:

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TEDx Talk

January 23, 2016 By Brett Doar

        I gave a talk at TEDx Manhattan Beach in November alongside some really cool people like Ted Schilowitz, George Esquivel and Andy Weir.    

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