Projects
A plain-text index of everything on Ben Deeb’s table — stories, games, websites, objects, and elaborate bits.
Infinite Jeffs2026
Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff. Jeff Jeff Jeff? Jeff!
I replaced every word of Infinite Jest with "Jeff," put it on Amazon, and sold over 700 copies.
Lenses: Words, Touchable Stuff, Legit Business, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Design, Development, Production
The Los Feliz Everywhen Association2026
Creating a better neighborhood now, then, and always
An Overlay in the form of a community council that communicates between the past, present, and future to guide the neighborhood through time.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Narrative, Fake Business, Useful Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Spatial Stories, Dumb Bits, Collaboration, Community Work
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Production, Collaboration
Perceptual Technology Division2026
An innovative process that redefines the cognitive foundations of phenomenology
An Overlay puzzle game in Park City, UT, themed around simulation theory.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Narrative, Legit Business, Work for Hire, Useful Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Spatial Stories
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Art Direction, Production
Typonyms2026
Fix the typos. Find the type.
A daily puzzle game where you change one letter in each word to turn it into a new word that fits the hidden category.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Legit Business
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design
Zero Notes2026
A place to read finished work by writers you trust — no notes required (or allowed)
An invite-only script library for sharing polished drafts with your community
Lenses: Words, Websites, Television, Narrative, Legit Business, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Screenwriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Collaboration, Community Organizing
Disney Brothers Walking Tour2025
A self guided walking tour of the Disney Brothers' history in Los Feliz
A three mile walk through the neighborhood of Los Feliz, exploring businesses and homes where Walt & Roy Disney built their first cartoon studio
Lenses: Websites, Narrative, Legit Business, Spatial Stories, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Design, Web Design, Development, Production, Teaching, Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Griffith Observatory Window2025
A view of the Observatory from anywhere
Multiple stained glass windows of my favorite LA landmark.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Glass
Roles: Concept, Design, Stained Glass
A Science Lesson2024
A short play for four actors, two of whom are aliens
A one-act play about science, aliens, and the limits of human knowledge.
Lenses: Words, Narrative
Roles: Concept, Writing
Murphy Bed2024
For years, I have hidden my bed from the world
I turned my guest room into an office with a custom Murphy bed.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Useful Nonsense, Wood
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
Pablo Arbuckle2024
A real lawyer who will bend the law for YOU
Pablo Arbuckle is a fake attorney who is willing to commit crimes for you.
Lenses: Websites, Fake Business, Useless Nonsense, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development
Portable Tiki Bar2024
Have tiki bar, will travel
A custom, collapsible tiki bar.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Work for Hire, Wood
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
Bulbasaur Window2023
A stained-glass tribute to my original main dude
A stained glass window of the Pokémon Bulbasaur
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Glass
Roles: Concept, Design, Stained Glass
Cheating - A Board Game2023
Cheating isn't against the rules. It is the rules.
A board game that both rewards and requires cheating.
Lenses: Games, Touchable Stuff, Legit Business
Roles: Concept, Writing, Design, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Fabrication
Dome2023
Land - now featuring Dome!
Built a dome in the desert. It might still be there.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits, Wood, Collaboration, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Concept, Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
About the Human Bones I Buried in the Desert2023
A goof gone wrong
A short story about Ben burying human bones in the desert as a goof.
Lenses: Words, Narrative, Public Weirdness, Useless Nonsense
Roles: Writing
R2-D2 Window2023
Everyone's favorite robot as a stained glass window
A stained glass window of R2-D2
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Glass
Roles: Concept, Design, Stained Glass
Bar Cabinet2022
A Broyhill Brasilia-style bar
I built this bar cabinet for a friend.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Work for Hire, Wood
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
Enough - A Poem2022
On giving up greatness without giving up on goodness
A poem about ambition, potential, and what makes life worth living
Lenses: Words, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Writing
Lumber Stack Drawer2021
Just a regular stack of wood
Looks like a pile of lumber, functions as a secret drawer.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Useful Nonsense, Wood
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
Child Island2020
The island with no adults!
Child Island is the world’s only isolated landmass occupied 100% by children.
Lenses: Websites, Fake Business, Useless Nonsense, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development
Franklin Chair2020
As seen in Nic Cage's National Treasure
A chair that becomes a stepladder!
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Useful Nonsense, Wood
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
Squirrel Table2020
A picnic table for a furry pal
This didn't need to exist.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Dumb Bits, Wood, Useless Nonsense
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Woodworking
The First2020
She crossed the stars in pursuit of greatness. The future got there first.
A short story about space travel and the pitfalls of needing to be exceptional.
Lenses: Words, Narrative, Public Weirdness, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Writing
The Foxglove Papers2019
A pen and paper puzzle hunt through downtown LA
Using a map, a codex, and a stack of letters addressed to her abusive boss, Emma Foxglove leads players on a journey across downtown Los Angeles, right to her door.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Narrative, Public Weirdness, Spatial Stories
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Production
Packajoy2019
A box subscription service
The joyful experience of getting a box delivered to your door without the hassle of receiving objects inside that box!
Lenses: Websites, Fake Business, Useless Nonsense, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development
The Castle's Attic2019
Emotional vulnerability meets psychedelic orgy
A piece about spending time in a 17th century French castle with a group of cryptocurrency millionaires, high-end sex workers, and Burning Man-enthusiasts.
Lenses: Words, Narrative, Public Weirdness, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Writing
Unlimited Hair2019
A repurposed headline from The Atlantic
A short story in the form of a fake Atlantic article about hair.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Narrative, Fake Business
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design
centauAR2018
See a centaur wherever you are
An augmented reality headset that turns everyone you see into a centaur.
Lenses: Websites, Fake Business, Useless Nonsense, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development
Clownr2018
It's Uber for clowns
Join the clown revolution with clownr, the ONLY clown sharing app you'll ever need.
Lenses: Websites, Fake Business, Useless Nonsense, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development
Join Cult2018
The Question That Calls Itself an Answer
An Overlay puzzle game in downtown Culver City that periodically goes viral.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Narrative, Useful Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Spatial Stories, Dumb Bits
Roles: Concept, Writing, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Art Direction, Production
For Your Misinformation2017
A one act play about writing fake news
A play Ben & Graham put up in the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
Lenses: Words, Narrative, Collaboration, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Concept, Writing, Production, Performance, Collaboration
Ben & Nolan2016
A joint Tinder from two fantastic boys/adult men looking to raise your kids!
In 2016, me and my friend Nolan shared a Tinder and sent some very strange messages to women. I put some of the conversations on this site.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits, Collaboration
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Screenwriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Fabrication, Woodworking, Stained Glass, Art Direction, Production, Performance, Teaching, Consulting, Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Stump the Scientist2012
Answering the questions only eight-year-olds can ask
An essay about encouraging curiosity in kids.
Lenses: Words, Narrative, Public Weirdness, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Writing
Fanatic - A Game For Ceiling Fans2010
A thinking gentleman's super game
A game that's really an excuse to throw aluminum cans at ceiling fans.
Lenses: Games, Touchable Stuff, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness
Roles: Concept, Writing, Game Design, Fabrication
I Could Do That2010
A reality show pilot
A proof of concept episode for an unscripted show where I try to do things I'm in no way qualified for.
Lenses: Television, Narrative, Useful Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits, Collaboration
Roles: Concept, Development, Production, Performance, Collaboration
Black-ish2020-2022
Four episodes of network TV
I wrote four episodes of ABC's Black-ish with my writing partner, Graham Towers.
Lenses: Words, Television, Narrative, Collaboration
Roles: Writing
Unhinged Board Games2014-Present
A variety of party games, each stupider than the last
A series of board games made for my birthday parties, all of which were incredibly dumb (but fun).
Lenses: Games, Touchable Stuff, Useless Nonsense
Roles: Concept, Writing, Design, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Fabrication
Greek Theatre Advisory Committee2026-Present
I serve on a citizen advisory committee for LA's Greek Theatre
I attend monthly public meetings and help plan free community events at the Greek Theatre.
Lenses: Legit Business, Useful Nonsense, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Land2017-Present
I own five acres of land in the desert for no good reason
Land is what I call the five acres of land I own near Hi Vista, CA.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits
Roles: Development, Worldbuilding
Los Feliz Neighborhood Council2025-Present
District E Representative
I'm on the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council Governing Board (and a few committees).
Lenses: Legit Business, Useful Nonsense, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Outsider Stained Glass2025-Present
Unusual stained glass windows, created outside
Custom windows and stained glass lessons.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Legit Business, Work for Hire, Glass
Roles: Design, Fabrication, Stained Glass, Art Direction
Overlay Dynamics2017-Present
Immersive Narratives Layered Onto Reality
A company that creates innovative, interactive stories that unfold as participants travel from place to place solving puzzles and uncovering clues.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Games, Narrative, Legit Business, Work for Hire, Public Weirdness, Spatial Stories, Collaboration, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Concept, Writing, Copywriting, Design, Web Design, Development, Game Design, Puzzle Design, Worldbuilding, Fabrication, Art Direction, Production, Consulting, Collaboration
Scripts2010-Present
Pilots, Specs, and Feature Scripts by Ben & Graham
A collection of screenplays written by Ben Deeb & Graham Towers.
Lenses: Words, Television, Narrative, Legit Business, Collaboration
Roles: Concept, Writing, Screenwriting, Development, Collaboration
The Encourager2024-2025
A Creative Outlet
An online collection of work by friends of Ben Deeb.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Concept, Writing, Design, Web Design, Development, Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Los Feliz Trashbusters2025-Present
Cleaning up this town!
I'm part of a bimonthly trash cleanup organization.
Lenses: Useful Nonsense, Collaboration, Community Work, Actual Sincerity
Roles: Collaboration, Community Organizing, Civic Service
Ben Deeb's WikiWill2025-Present
My last will and testament, editable by anyone
I made my will into a wiki site that anyone can edit.
Lenses: Words, Websites, Useless Nonsense, Public Weirdness, Dumb Bits, Collaboration
Roles: Concept, Writing, Web Design, Development, Collaboration
Woodworking Projects2010-Present
Fifteen years of custom furniture and an increasing supply of power tools
A collection of various woodworking projects.
Lenses: Touchable Stuff, Legit Business, Work for Hire, Useless Nonsense, Useful Nonsense, Wood
Roles: Woodworking
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