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November 30, 2024November 30, 2024

Apple Logo Lapel Pin (Violet, Apple Distinguished School, 2024)

Apple describes the Distinguished Schools program:

“Apple Distinguished Schools are centers of leadership and educational excellence that demonstrate Apple’s vision for learning with technology — and we believe they are some of the most innovative schools in the world.”

As of November 2024, Apple reported that there were 889 Apple Distinguished Schools in 37 countries. The district where I serve as an educational technology leader is proud to have three Apple Distinguished Schools.

This Apple logo lapel pin is violet, a shade of purple matching one of the stripes on Apple’s classic six-color logo. The pin package is wrapped in clear plastic and attached to a 3 x 3-inch black cardboard backing that is printed in white with the words [Apple logo] Distinguished School.

The pin is made from metal with a polished chrome finish. The pin is approximately 2 mm thick, 3/4-inch across, and 7/8-inch tall. The pin is held in place from the back by a silver butterfly clutch.

Source: Apple, Wikipedia

January 8, 2022January 15, 2023

Embroidered Appliqués (multicolor thread, 1993)

These multicolor Apple logos are made from embroidery thread and have an adhesive back. One set of embroidery stickers are on a transparent plastic film with the adhesive still tacky, and another set are separate with dried adhesive on the back. The adhesive on the separated stickers is yellowing.

This product is featured on page 59 of the Spring 1993 Starting Line: Apple Marketing Communications Catalog. Its description reads:

Embroidered Appliqués
Wear our adhesive-backed, embroidered logo appliqués proudly on your lapel, or add them to the cover of event materials. They’re outstanding giveaways. 250 per roll. APL520

Because the stickers are made primarily of thread, each has a slightly different shape, especially the individual stickers with hardened adhesive backs. The individual sticker dimensions vary, but the least-distorted example measures 20mm x 25mm for stickers on the plastic backing, and 18mm x 23mm off the backing.

January 6, 2020April 28, 2020

Apple Wristbands (c. 2015)

One year while visiting a Chicago-area Apple Store coincidentally on Halloween, I noticed that Apple Store employees were giving away Apple-logo items to Trick-or-Treaters. I waited until after designated Trick-or-Treat hours were over, spoke to an employee, let him know I was a collector, and asked for one of the “treats.” The first year I discovered this Apple-logo item giveaway, they were giving plastic Apple-logo flashlights. I have since visited Apple Stores on a few other Halloweens and, for at least two years in a row, they were giving these LIVESTRONG-style wristbands.

These Apple wristbands were from approximately 2015, and I got them at the Northbrook Court Apple Store. They are child-size rubber bracelets in either orange or white with an embossed Apple logo. They measure approximately 60 mm in diameter and are 12 mm wide.

Source: None available

January 6, 2020April 28, 2020

Apple Logo Mousepad (blueberry, 1999)

This thin plastic mousepad made from materials by the company Microthin features the blueberry Apple logo printed in a manner to simulate the translucent plastic Apple used in the iMac line of computers at the time. This mousepad is blue to match the blueberry iMac. Other versions of this design were available in the other five iMac colors: tangerine, lime, strawberry, grape, and graphite.

This mousepad is round and measures 8.5 inches in diameter. It is printed with a MICROTHIN PRODUCTS logo and small text along the bottom curve (in Apple Garamond font): ©1999 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. L04108A

The bottom of the mousepad is covered in printed dots that provide traction to prevent slippage. The stickiness (tackiness) of the material is still viable after about 20 years and can be reactivated by rinsing any accumulated dust with water. However, the entire mousepad is beginning to show signs of yellowing.

Source: No official sources found, additional colors confirmed on eBay