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The Streamer Project

1,225 hours of print time. 64 pounds of filament. 100 hand-made gifts. Culture is something you make.

2023
1,225 hours
64 lbs
100
[ Streamer figures — finished product ]

Every year I make something for my team. Not order something. Make something.

The Streamer was a 3D-printed modular toy system. Figures I designed, printed, painted, and packaged entirely by hand. Each one sealed in a blind bag with a hand-signed card. 100 of them. Spanning Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, Marvel, Nat Geo, and Star Wars.

270 tapes. 90 streamers. 2 spray paint cans. 2 custom jigs. 30 days. 6 failures before it worked.
[ Process — printing, painting, assembly, packaging ]

What it was really about

The point was not the gift. The point was the message underneath it: we build things here. We make things. We do not just ship decks and attend standups.

Culture is not a value on a wall. It is what leaders do when no one is requiring them to do it. I have spent my own money and my own time building it, every year.

[ Team photos / recipients with figures ]