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Couple questions for those who have been around the network longer.

  1. Are we allowed to create our own swag?

  2. If we are allowed what all artwork do we have available to us?

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    $\begingroup$ We must petition SE for permission to get some merch made ... $\endgroup$
    – AndreiROM
    May 18, 2016 at 20:12

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We are not allowed to use SE design elements without permission. From the guidelines:

Merchandise/Manufactured Items

We generally do not permit use of our name or logo on merchandise.

Do contact Stack Exchange Inc. with a detailed proposal if you would like to request an exception.
Do not use the names or logos owned by Stack Exchange Inc. on any apparel or merchandise without our permission.

They say "logo" here, but I believe that would apply to all elements of the design -- putting the robot on a t-shirt probably won't fly. Notice that the footer of every page includes this:

site design / logo © 2016 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under cc by-sa 3.0 with attribution required

When Mi Yodeya started its publications project, we asked for and were granted permission to use the logo, including in an altered form for one publication. (An SE designer even helped us with implementation.) So permission can be obtained, but you need to ask and it sounds like conventional applications like t-shirts might be declined. Something more closely tied with the site might be allowed, as it was for Mi Yodeya; that's up to SE.

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks Monica. I am going to check in to how ludicrously expensive it would be to get a small batch of moleskine notebooks made up with some of the artwork on it...and then I can submit the proposal, ill make sure to share with everyone first. $\endgroup$
    – James
    May 18, 2016 at 20:47
  • $\begingroup$ @James Other sites have got notebooks as part of their official swag (UX certainly, I think others have as well) so there's a good chance that it would be included here. If it wasn't in the original announcement you could make a case for it to be included. $\endgroup$
    – ChrisF
    May 19, 2016 at 14:44
  • $\begingroup$ @ChrisF in the "updated design" post Kurtis said that one of the swag items would be a sketch pad with the poster art. It's a shame the SE doesn't have a swag store any more, because I suspect that more than the top 72 users will want those and would happily pay. $\endgroup$ May 19, 2016 at 14:47
  • $\begingroup$ @MonicaCellio - cool (for those that qualify :) ). I should have checked there before commenting! $\endgroup$
    – ChrisF
    May 19, 2016 at 14:48
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So I filled out the contact us form asking about swag, and got this reply back:

Hello,

We create swag for every site once its design has been launched, and it will be sent to the top 72 users of the site once the swag designs have been finalized. You'll see a post about it on meta once it's ready, and we will contact all the eligible users to request shipping information.

Regards,
Stack Overflow Team

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    $\begingroup$ Users 37-72 currently. Basically anyone on that page or with more rep. $\endgroup$
    – Brythan
    May 19, 2016 at 8:11
  • $\begingroup$ So given that I'm currently languishing on page 19 I don't stand a hope in a really hot place of getting any :( $\endgroup$
    – ChrisF
    May 19, 2016 at 14:42
  • $\begingroup$ @ChrisF The email doesn't say exactly, but it's possible that they will also sell it once the design is finalized. Personally, I'd wait until that happens, and then use the contact us form to ask how much and where to buy one. You have some time though... ask and answer a bunch of questions. You only have to get 3500 more points, which is a possibility! $\endgroup$
    – AndyD273
    May 19, 2016 at 15:34
  • $\begingroup$ Cool! But how do they "contact us" (I just checked, and I seem to be #11 on WB) when there's no private message feature by design? $\endgroup$
    – JDługosz
    May 23, 2016 at 2:09
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    $\begingroup$ @JDługosz that's a good question, but there are systems for SE to communicate to people that we can't use, like the messages they sent before and during the elections. Having never been a part of a site graduation I don't know. Being at #22 last I checked I'm excited to find out! $\endgroup$
    – AndyD273
    May 23, 2016 at 2:43
  • $\begingroup$ Uh oh, now I have to make sure to keep in the top 72 to get swag :/ $\endgroup$
    – Aify
    May 23, 2016 at 17:05
  • $\begingroup$ @Aify Eh, you should be OK if you keep some activity so as to not stand still, and there isn't a lot of people with massive runs of rep. $\endgroup$
    – AndyD273
    May 23, 2016 at 17:10
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    $\begingroup$ Well, it's not like I'm standing still at all, I'm actively doing stuff on the site, just nothing that would get me rep T.T Soon though, I'll have an awesome question! $\endgroup$
    – Aify
    May 23, 2016 at 17:14
  • $\begingroup$ @Aify Same, I'm on this site frequently but I mostly just vote, edit, or comment on things. $\endgroup$
    – Pyritie
    May 24, 2016 at 11:51
  • $\begingroup$ @fi12 I guess you could either just keep an eye out for when they finalize the design and see if it is, or use the contact us form now to ask if they will be selling it anywhere when the design is finalized. If you do contact them, let us know what they say! $\endgroup$
    – AndyD273
    May 25, 2016 at 15:22

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