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This lanyard is black with a red wooden bead accent. Its style appears to place it in the 1990s. This lanyard was given to me by a friend who wore it while staffing an Apple trade show representing an Authorized Apple Reseller (likely in the early 1990s).
The cord of the lanyard features a white Apple logotype in Apple Garamond, the Apple corporate font used between 1984 and 2003.
This keychain was available at The Company Store at Apple. The design is a teardrop-shaped polished silver fob with an etched Apple logo and a silver key ring. The keychain sold for $8.95.
This is one of several unique Apple-logo products that was available at “The Company Store @ Apple” located in the Infinite Loop Campus (in the 1 Infinite Loop building). When Apple began moving to the Main (“spaceship”) Campus at Apple Park, a Visitor Center was built near the new campus and The Company Store was closed and replaced by more standard Apple Store.
I have four of these in my collection, one unpackaged and three in original boxes.
This keychain was available at The Company Store at Apple. The design is a rectangle with a black strap through the center and a silver key ring through the strap. The polished silver rectangle has a white Apple logo. The strap is 60mm long, while the metal rectangle is 40×28 mm. The keychain sold for $10.95.
This is one of several unique Apple-logo products that was available at “The Company Store @ Apple” located in the Infinite Loop Campus (in the 1 Infinite Loop building). When Apple began moving to the Main (“spaceship”) Campus at Apple Park in 2017, a Visitor Center was built near the new campus and The Company Store was closed and replaced by more standard Apple Store.
This mug was purchased at the Apple Store on the Infinite Loop campus. Apple Store employees indicate that each mug is slightly different, and they are made with a specific firing process by artisans in the historic town of Hasami in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
The squarish handle is an element stylistic of other Hasami porcelain mugs. According to the website: “Hasami began crafting its porcelainware almost 400 years ago during the Edo period, distributing them throughout Japan as well as to Europe through the port of Nagasaki.”
In addition, “HASAMI PORCELAIN was designed by Takuhiro Shinomoto of Tortoise in Venice, CA whose vision was to integrate modern tableware design with the organic quality produced by traditional Japanese manufacturing techniques.”
Source: Hasami Porcelain
This insulated lunch bag is bright green with a gray front pocket, black accents, and an elastic drink holder on the right side. The bag has a zipper top opening and is insulated with a silver foil finish. The manufacturer is Gemline.
This set of five iMac stickers was released as an advertisement for the original iMac. Each sticker has a different catchphrase, and all include the tagline, “Think Different.” The stickers measure 3×4 inches.
The five catchphrases include:
I think, therefore iMac. (826-5428-A)
Say hello to iMac. (826-5429-A)
Sorry, no beige. (826-5430-A)
Mental Floss. (826-5431-A)
Chic. Not Geek. (826-5432-A)
Each sticker uses the same photo of the original iMac and the text is in Apple Garamond, the Apple corporate font of the time.
While most Apple folders are digital in nature and appear on macOS Desktops, this one is—perhaps—a rare example of a physical-world Apple folder.
This folder is white with a light gray Apple logo. Like its digital representation, this folder is designed to store documents. However, optimal document specifications for this folder include physical paper files that measure 8.5×11 inches (or smaller) that are printed with information and/or images.
The back of this folder includes Apple’s online web address along with copyright and trademark information.
Apple maintains a few Executive Briefing Centers worldwide for the purpose of hosting current and potential customers to discuss and provide training on Apple products and services and/or host various groups and individuals who use Apple products and services. One Executive Briefing Center is located in Cupertino, California, at Apple’s main campus (formerly Infinite Loop, now at the main “spaceship” campus), and another is located in Chicago’s Loop, overlooking the Apple Store at Michigan Avenue on the riverfront.
Apple sometimes provides Briefing Center attendees with pens and/or notebooks, depending upon the nature of the meeting.
This Executive Briefing Center Pen is translucent red-orange with a silver clip and a white Apple logo. Its logotype reads Executive Briefing Center in Apple Garamond (used as the Apple corporate font from 1984–2003).
This Event Coupon is printed on white medium-stock paper and features a silver holographic background with a small white Apple logo printed in the center. The top and bottom are perforated and each ticket is numbered.
This particular Event Coupon was distributed to be used as a drink ticket at an Apple event.
This black Apple Education badge holder was used at Apple events, workshops, and conferences where Apple was presenting and/or otherwise contributing.
This badge holder is nylon and accommodates a 4×3-inch name badge. The front includes a Velcro pocket closure with a zipper compartment inside that can hold business cards or credit-card-sized items. The front is printed with a white Apple logo.
The back of the badge includes two loops designed to hold pens and a small pocket.
