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This business card was from the Mall of America Apple Store. The card is white with black type using the San Francisco corporate font and features a metallic silver Apple logo.
This Apple Store is located at:
114 West Market
Bloomington, MN 55425
apple.com/mallofamerica
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a meeting held annually in and near Cupertino, California, by Apple. The event gathers thousands of software developers to learn about and discuss the latest software and technologies for Apple operating systems and platforms. Attendees can participate in hands-on labs with Apple engineers and in-depth sessions covering many topics.
Attendees of the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference expressed their interest to attend by entering an online lottery. Those who were selected and attended were given this canvas bag and some of the items shown in this post.
Canvas Bag
One side of the black canvas bag features a stylized “WW” representing “Worldwide” and printed below are the words “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” The text is printed in light gray in a stylized version of San Francisco, Apple’s Corporate font.
The other side of the bag features the letters “DC” in a bold font representing “Developers Conference.” At the bottom, the location and date of the conference is printed, “Apple Park, June 10–14.”
The upper edge of the bag features a royal blue tag embroidered with “[Apple logo] WWDC24”
The bag measures 15.5 inches tall, 14.75 inches wide, and two loop handles add an additional 9.5 inches to the height of the bag.
Picnic Tarp
Some attendees referred to this item in a cylindrical drawstring bag as a “picnic blanket,” but it is made from a nylon material that more closely resembles a tarp. The cylindrical drawstring carrying bag is dark gray and has the words “Worldwide Developers Conference 2024” printed in black. The bag measures 5 inches tall, 4 inches in diameter, and has a 10-inch drawstring.
Inside the bag is a neatly folded royal blue nylon picnic tarp with a black border, rounded edges, and the designs are printed in black. One side features a single large black WWDC logo and the other side uses the WWDC24 logotype repeated multiple times to create a pattern. Although I did not precisely measure this tarp, I estimate it to be over 6 x 6 feet.
Small Pin Package Folder
The smaller of two matte black cardboard pin packages is printed on the front in glossy black ink “WWDC24,” and on the back with “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” This cardboard folder package measures 2.5 inches wide and 3.25 inches tall.
Inside is a single lapel-style pin with the year “2024” using a font design similar to the WWDC24 logotype. The back of the pin uses a butterfly clutch pin fastener.
Large Pin Package Folder
The larger of two matte black cardboard pin packages is printed on the front in glossy black ink “WWDC24” and on the back with “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” This cardboard folder package measures 3.25 inches wide and 4 7/8 inches tall.
Inside is a collection of six lapel-style pins, all using a butterfly clutch pin fastener on the backs. The pins include:
The swag bag also included a black water bottle with a white WWDC24 logo, but I do not [yet] have this in my collection.
Sources: Wikipedia (butterfly clutch, Apple typography), 9to5mac, WWDCScholars, Susan Kare
The eMate 300 was designed specifically for the education market and released in March 1997. The device ran NewtonOS and featured a 25 MHz ARM 710a processor, 8 MB of ROM, 3 MB of RAM (1MB of DRAM+2 MB of Flash Memory for user storage), a PCMCIA slot, IrDA-beaming capabilities, and a proprietary Newton InterConnect port.
The eMate 300 design was unique for the time with a translucent aquamarine and black “clamshell” case with a 480×320 16-shade grayscale backlit LCD display. It included a stylus and a built-in keyboard (and did not support a mouse).
This eMate lapel pin is a gold representation of the device and features dark teal enamel to represent the LCD screen. The pin design depicts the eMate with the lid open to show the keyboard and stylus. The tiny screen representation includes an Apple logo and the Newton “lightbulb” logo.
The back of the lapel pin uses a protruding perpendicular pin with a butterfly clutch to secure the pin to clothing. The gold back surface has a textured grid pattern and the word CHINA.
The pin measures approximately 22 mm x 19 mm.
Source: Wikipedia
These pens were made of metal with a black satin finish. They retracted by twisting the barrel. Near the clip, they featured an Apple logo and the words Education Community in metallic gold. The logotype was printed in Apple’s San Francisco corporate font, used since 2015.
The end of the pen featured a black stylus tip that can be used to tap or write on a touchscreen such as an iPad or iPhone.
The weight of the pen conveyed a feeling of quality, and it measured approximately 5.75 inches long.
This vinyl sticker is custom-die cut in the shape of a cartoon-syle “thought bubble” printed with the words Apple Education Community. The text is printed in three colors (orange, blue, and violet). The sticker is on a white background with a primary accent and outline color of blue. The font used is a bold version of San Francisco, Apple’s corporate font since 2015.
The design also includes hand-drawn stylized versions of various icons used on the Apple Education site and a QR code. When scanned, the QR code leads to the URL education.apple.com.
These stickers were available at educational technology conferences and distributed in person by Apple Education Leadership Executives.
The custom die-cut sticker measures approximately 4.5 x 3 inches.
This vinyl sticker is printed with the words Apple ♥️s Educators. The text is printed in a multi-color-gradient color spectrum (purple, dark pink, orange, gold, green, teal) and the ♥️ symbol is red with a white QR code. The font used is a bold version of San Francisco, Apple’s corporate font since 2015.
When scanned, the QR code leads to the URL education.apple.com.
These stickers were available at educational technology conferences and distributed in person by Apple Education Leadership Executives.
The custom die-cut sticker measures approximately 5 x 1.25 inches.
This multicolor Apple logo pin is made of lightweight dark gray metal and printed with the classic 6-color Apple logo. The pin is presented on a 7.5 x 7.5 cm piece of white card stock with rounded edges (reminiscent of an iOS icon). The card is printed with a black Apple logo at top-center about half the size of the pin.
The pin is in the shape of Apple’s classic logo and measures 18 mm wide x 23 mm tall. The back of the pin has a protruding pin with a butterfly clutch to secure it.
My collection includes an identical pin in black packaging.
Source: Wikipedia
This multicolor Apple logo pin is made of lightweight dark gray metal and printed with the classic 6-color Apple logo. The pin is presented on a 7.5 x 7.5 cm piece of black card stock with rounded edges (reminiscent of an iOS icon).
The pin is in the shape of Apple’s classic logo and measures 18 mm wide x 23 mm tall. The back of the pin has a protruding pin with a butterfly clutch to secure it.
My collection includes an identical pin in white packaging.
Source: Wikipedia
This magnet features the #AppleTeacher logotype (in a Medium weight of Apple’s San Francisco corporate font) printed on a custom shape metal background. The text is white and printed on a black background.
According to Apple’s website:
“Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. As an educator you can build skills on iPad and Mac that directly apply to activities with your students, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for the great work you do every day.”
A strong bar magnet is attached to the back of the printed metal, and a rectangular piece of steel allows the magnet to securely fasten to fabric or other materials.
The magnet is 55 mm wide x 8 mm tall and 2 mm thick. The magnet adds another 2 mm to the overall thickness of the item. The metal backing measures 12 mm x 38 mm.
Source: Apple Education
This Hydro Flask insulated water bottle features the distinctive (and now discontinued) spearmint color (a shade of green) and features a white Apple logo. The bottom of the bottle specifies it is a 20-ounce model.
The Hydro Flask website (as of 2024) refers to this particular model as a “20 oz Wide Mouth,” named for its capacity, and it includes an “insulated cap for wide mouth bottles.” This bottle has a cap, “Flex Cap Strap,” and “Boot” (rubberized bottom)—all color-matched in the spearmint color.
Source: Hydro Flask
