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eMate 300 lapel pin (c. 1997)

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

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Apple Education Community Pens (2024)

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.

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Apple Education Community vinyl sticker (2024)

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.

Sources: Apple, Wikipedia

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Apple ♥️s Educators vinyl sticker (2024)

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.

Sources: Apple, Wikipedia

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AppleTeacher magnet (2023)

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

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Hydro Flask (spearmint, white logo, c. 2019)

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

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Luggage Tag (transparent acrylic with blue metal accent, 2011)

This luggage tag is made from transparent acrylic and is wrapped with an anodized metal blue accent. One side of the blue accent features a white Apple logo, and the other side includes a cutout for the user’s name and is printed with the words “2011 Education Sales Club.” The words are printed in white in the Apple Myriad font, Apple’s corporate font used approximately between 2003–2017.

The slide-out card with personal information inside the luggage tag is secured by a translucent silicone loop.

The luggage tag has elegantly rounded corners and thickly curved edges. It measures 2 3/8 inches wide, 3 1/2 inches long, and is 1/4 inch thick.

Source: Wikipedia (Typography of Apple)

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Luggage Tag (transparent acrylic gray with siver metal accent, 2007)

This luggage tag is made from a gray-brown transparent acrylic and is wrapped with an anodized metal silver accent. One side of the anodized silver accent features a black Apple logo and a cutout for the user’s name, and the other side is printed with the words “2007 Education Sales Club.” The words are printed in the Apple Myriad font, Apple’s corporate font used approximately between 2003–2017.

The slide-out card with printed information inside the luggage tag is secured by a translucent silicone loop.

The luggage tag has elegantly rounded corners and thickly curved edges. It measures 2 3/8 inches wide, 3 1/2 inches long, and is 1/4 inch thick.

Source: Wikipedia (Typography of Apple)