Issue dossier
Public sources document the non-electronic badge plan, creator, SAO slot, and media-server add-on assets, but this pass does not inventory every badge type, physical material detail, Black Badge variant, attendee add-on, or final production artifact.
A linkable camp-impact record with badge context, severity, evidence confidence, and source notes.
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physical-artifact caveat · source-backed but incomplete · needs deeper artifact inventory
The catalogue records verified badge lineage and customization surfaces while leaving full physical artifact documentation for a later pass.
- Badge
- DEF CON 31 Badge
- Category
- physical-artifact caveat
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- source-backed but incomplete
- Status
- needs deeper artifact inventory
- Timeframe
- current DEF CON 31 pass
- Source note
- DEF CON call for badge designers, badge news, vendor profile, media-server badge assets, and InfoconDB badge-talk metadata.
design assets
Official media-server source for the badge add-on PDF, chamber test-fit STL, badge-card outline AI/EPS files, GIF previews, and Blender chamber asset.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
event page
Official DEF CON archive source for August 10-13, 2023 dates, venue context, and event framing.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
official call
Official source documenting that DC31 was planned as a non-electronic physical badge year, after two MK Factor electronic years, with production planning up to 30,000 badges plus Black Badge variants.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
official news
Official news source documenting the public SAO slot preview, add-on media-server pointer, and thanks to spux as the year's badge designer.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
official profile
Official vendor page source stating that Mar Williams is DEF CON's resident artist and created the year's official DEF CON badge.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
talk metadata
InfoconDB source for the DEF CON 31 badge-making talk title, timing, duration, and presenter Mar Williams.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source for the SAO customization slot preview, add-on design-assets pointer, and spux badge-designer credit.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source for the non-electronic physical badge mandate, MK Factor context, and planned badge production scale.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official event archive source for DEF CON 31 dates, venues, and conference context.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
DEF CON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source connecting Mar Williams to the year's official DEF CON badge and identifying their DEF CON artist role.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
DEF CON Media Server · retrieved 2026-05-15
Official source for the add-on PDF, chamber STL, outline AI/EPS, GIF previews, and Blender asset used to describe the badge customization surface.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge
InfoconDB · retrieved 2026-05-15
Talk metadata source for Mar Williams' DEF CON 31 badge-making presentation, date, time, and duration.
Badge: DEF CON 31 Badge