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Budmen Education
We design programs that cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. Our education offerings serve students, teachers, and leaders, and are tailored to scale from short, energetic sessions to immersive multi-week experiences. Every program is grounded in our Creative Discovery Method, a proven approach that makes learning active, playful, and transformative.
Think Variant
We are 21st Century Manufacturing Solution Providers, accelerating the rate of human innovation through advanced manufacturing methods. At Think Variant, our name is more than just a label— it’s a reflection of our core philosophy. We embrace the unconventional and push the boundaries of what’s possible, pioneering new manufacturing technologies that defy the status quo.
Let Curiosity Lead
Welcome to the Curiosity Movement. We believe Curiosity is a civic virtue. Curiosity is more than a personality trait, it’s a practice and civic behavior. It keeps us humble with what we don’t know, generous with what we learn, and persistent with problems worth solving. Practiced together, it becomes a public good.
Women in Manufacturing
Curiosity, imagination and innovation meets manufacturing. This is one way to describe the two companies that Stephanie Budmen has helped to establish in the last decade.
Isaac and Stephanie Budmen on leadership: It’s about people, not products
Isaac and Stephanie Budmen delight in the pursuit of answers to impossible questions. What if you could listen to color? Can you taste a star? Could you 3D print a pie? They are inventors and co-founders of two Central New York companies, Budmen Industries and Think Variant.
Cyborg Sculptures at The Smithsonian
In the Smithsonian are 3D printed sculptures of Neil Harbisson and Moon Ribas designed, created and produced by Budmen Industries.
Budmen Face Shield
What started in our basement in 2020 grew into a global network of 3D Face Shield producers willing to help health care organizations in dire need. We connected thousands of producers directly to the health care workers in their geographic region. Together we donated over 25,000 shields to organizations all across New York State and over 3.5 million face shields globally.