Budmen Industries

09/04/2026

Almost everyone we talk to these days seems to be somewhere they didn’t plan to be.

The project stalled. The path closed. The thing they were told to do stopped working, and nobody can tell them what comes next, because nobody has done this particular thing before.

If that’s you, we wrote this book for you.

Applied Curiosity is a field guide for the part of the road with no signs on it. Ten principles for reframing where you are, and a method for asking better questions and finding answers when they don’t exist yet. 436 illustrated pages, fifteen years of us being lost on purpose and finding out that’s where everything interesting lives.

You’re not on the wrong track. You’re on the right one.

Ships September 18. Pre-order now, $32, TryAppliedCuriosity.com

Video: Stop motion animation. Over 1,700 individual frames, plotted on Bantam Tools Panorama.

Bantam Tools Isaac Budmen Stephanie Rose

08/27/2026

We wrote a book! 📙

No matter if you’re an educator, engineer, curator, or creator, we all find ourselves in the unknown. It can be frightening when we hit a wall. And we might not know what to do next. It’s here where some people think they’ve failed...and then they stop.

We've been working in the unknown for 15+ years. The method and principles we return to for every project and product are all written down in this book, so you can use them too.

Our new book, Applied Curiosity, is about taking that next step and navigating the unknown. And having fun while doing it.

Pre-order: https://tryappliedcuriosity.com/ Ships September 18

A new illustrated book by Stephanie and Isaac Budmen. Read the first act, then pre-order for $32; ships September 18.

06/21/2026

05/08/2026

04/30/2026

Co-founders Stephanie & Isaac Budmen have an art show this upcoming May 8th in the Hudson Valley at Bantam Tools. With their art pieces, they’re starting with questions, experimenting with new processes, and exploring what curiosity looks like.

03/04/2026

Last Thursday our founders Stephanie and Isaac gave a talk at the Everson Museum of Art about failure, darkness, and discovery, and their not-so-straight journey creating the Please Touch version of Adelaide Robineau’s Scarab Vase, known as the Mona Lisa of Ceramics.

The evening kicked off with an introduction to our Creative Discovery Method, how our projects start with a big question, and why we believe life is not a straight line. The most meaningful work comes from the detours, the failures, and the moments where you have to start over.

Then they shared the story of how they underestimated the monumental and elusive task of digitizing the Scarab Vase, how they had to challenge every assumption they started with, and what happens when you celebrate failure.

Applied Curiosity in action.

The evening ended with audience members having the opportunity to interact with the Please Touch version of the Scarab Vase, something that hasn’t been possible for 115 years.

Thank you to the Everson Museum of Art and to everyone who came out to celebrate curiosity, failure, and discovery with us.



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03/04/2026

Last Thursday our founders Stephanie and Isaac gave a talk at the Everson Museum of Art about failure, darkness, and discovery, and their not-so-straight journey creating the Please Touch version of Adelaide Robineau's Scarab Vase, known as the Mona Lisa of Ceramics.

The evening kicked off with an introduction to our Creative Discovery Method, how our projects start with a big question, and why we believe life is not a straight line. The most meaningful work comes from the detours, the failures, and the moments where you have to start over.

Then they shared the story of how they underestimated the monumental and elusive task of digitizing the Scarab Vase, how they had to challenge every assumption they started with, and what happens when you celebrate failure.

Applied Curiosity in action.

The evening ended with audience members having the opportunity to interact with the Please Touch version of the Scarab Vase, something that hasn't been possible for 115 years.

Thank you to the Everson Museum of Art and to everyone who came out to celebrate curiosity, failure, and discovery with us.

Everson Museum of Art Stephanie Rose Isaac Budmen

Photography by: Payton Hirsch

02/24/2026

This Thursday Feb 26 from 6-7pm co-founders Stephanie and Isaac Budmen will be giving a talk at the Everson Museum of Art about failure, darkness, and discovery, and their not so straight journey creating the Please Touch version of Adelaide Robineau’s Scarab Vase.

It’s free to attend. See you all there!

02/24/2026

We are thrilled to welcome six new members to the Everson Museum of Art Board of Trustees: Dirk Sonneborn, Louise Rosenfield, David J. Foor, Ed Cronk, Isaac Budmen, and Gia Mahmoud ⭐️⁠

Together, the Everson’s new trustees will bring a range of expertise, leadership, and perspectives that will support the Museum’s mission to engage the Central New York community.

View the full announcement:
https://everson.org/news/everson-museum-of-art-welcomes-new-board-members/

01/14/2026