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.

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

Polo shirt, black with white Apple Staff logotype (c. 1995)

This knit, collared, Polo-style shirt is black and features a white Apple logo and a logotype that reads “Apple Staff” on the upper-left front. The logotype is embroidered in the Apple Garamond font, used by Apple from approximately 1984 to 2003.

The back of the shirt features a relatively large Apple logo embroidered in white and placed at the top center.

The shirt was manufactured by Custom Clothing Company. It is a size Medium.

Source: Wikipedia

Apple Education Event badge holder with pockets and lanyard (black, white logo, c. 2015)

This black Apple Education badge holder was used approximately between 2003–2017 at Apple Education 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 and the logotype Apple Education in the Myriad font, Apple’s corporate font used between 2003–2017.

The back of the badge includes two loops designed to hold pens and a small pocket.

Source: Wikipedia

Apple Garamond T-shirt (black, multicolor logotype, 2XL, 2022)

This Apple Park T-shirt is black with the Apple logotype in five of six original Apple logo colors. “Apple Garamond” refers to Apple’s corporate font used between 1984 and 2003.

A T-shirt with a similar design is featured on page 57 of the Spring 1993 Starting Line: Apple Marketing Communications Catalog. Its description reads:

Black Apple T-shirt
Modeled after the sweatshirt John Scully wears on the cover of his book Odyssey: From Pepsi to Apple, this black Apple T-shirt is 100% preshrunk cotton with a five-color Apple name. Adult sizes S–XXL. APL166

This shirt was purchased at the Apple Visitor Center Apple Store at Apple Park. The shirt is a size 2XL, unopened in its original box. The white box is printed with a white Apple logo and measures 195mm x 195mm x 35mm.

Source: Apple

Apple Logotype Anti-Static Mat (c. 1985)

This anti-static mat was part of a Portable Field Service Kit manufactured by 3M after 1984. It is light gold in color and printed with a black Apple logotype in the Apple Garamond font, Apple’s corporate font used between 1984–2003. Note that the logotype uses a monotone Apple logo (as opposed to the multi-color logo more common at the time) and “Apple Computer, Inc.” (Apple changed its name to Apple, Inc. officially in 2007).

A former Apple repair technician described the mat:

“This utilitarian static mat has turned into a rare collectors’ item from way before Apple was mostly known for their iPhones. It’s a light Gold color, 4 layers thick with soft foam on the bottom and 36 inches long x 23 3/4 inches wide x 3/16 inches thick.”

The upper-right corner of the mat includes a snap to connect grounding cables to prevent electrostatic discharge that could short an electrical component.

According to the Apple repair technician’s post, the mat shipped with an Accessory Package For Portable Field Service Kits that contained the electrostatic wrist strap, a grounding cable, a brochure/manual titled “Static is a touchy business,” and a large yellow workspace sticker that read “ATTENTION STATIC SAFEGUARDED WORK AREA.”

The Apple Logotype Anti-Static Mat in my collection was owned by a former Apple employee and was well used, but in good condition.

Thanks to Randy (AzAntique) for posting photos and a description of this relic!

Source: Randy – AzAntique via WorthPoint, Wikipedia