2025
Seek What They Sought
Seek What They Sought
Learn from motivations, not outcomes
Experimentation Over Expertise
Experimentation Over Expertise
Trying reveals more than knowing
Celebrate Failure
Celebrate Failure
Failure is an accelerant
Everyone Has Something to Teach
Everyone Has Something to Teach
Find learning in every moment
THE BUDMENS
Project

THE BUDMENS

Curiosity-driven makers, educators, inventors

THE WORKSHOP
Project

THE WORKSHOP

These aren't products. They're instruments of curiosity.

WATTS THE SPOT
Project

WATTS THE SPOT

NSF-funded battery engineering • 100+ students activated

LET CURIOSITY LEAD
Project

LET CURIOSITY LEAD

Making curiosity a civic virtue

SCARAB VASE
Project

SCARAB VASE

From atoms to bits • 115 years to touchable

LOOPBOOK
Project

LOOPBOOK

Tutorial creation made simple

DIGITAL VOICE BOX
Project

DIGITAL VOICE BOX

200+ students exploring if humans are robots

CONTRAPTION FONT
Project

CONTRAPTION FONT

Typography assembled, not drawn

Print Capture Instructions

  • Resolution: Set browser zoom to 100%
  • Window Size: 3000x2000px (use browser dev tools to resize)
  • Screenshot: Use native OS screenshot (Cmd+Shift+4 on Mac, Win+Shift+S on Windows)
  • Format: Save as PNG for highest quality
  • Print Specs: 300 DPI at 10"x6.67" (standard postcard size)
  • Color Profile: sRGB recommended for print consistency

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8 Clusters: Budmens, Watts the Spot, Scarab Vase, Let Curiosity Lead, Loopbook, The Workshop, Digital Voice Box, Contraption Font