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Close Your Rings T-shirt (2020)

According to a MacRumors article from August 2020, each year Apple “hosts a company wide fitness challenge for its employees at corporate offices and retail stores around the world, tasking participants to close all three of their Apple Watch Activity Rings every day of the month.”

This t-shirt was originally owned by an Apple employee who successfully completed this challenge. The shirt is black in size Large. The front logo features a stylized “2020” design that resembles the three Activity rings used on the Apple Watch Activity app.

Although Apple previously held this company-wide challenge in February, the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 delayed the challenge until July. The shirt was shipped with a congratulatory “celebrate” white card printed in metallic gold.

Source: MacRumors

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Hello Screen T-Shirt (black shirt, multicolor print, 2XL, 2023)

This black T-shirt featured a 4-bit version of the original Macintosh with the cursive “hello” screen design from the Macintosh release in 1984.

This shirt was purchased at the Apple Store at the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, CA. The shirt is a size 2XL and unopened in its original box. The white box is printed with a white Apple logo and measured 195mm x 195mm x 35mm. The box indicated that the shirt was 100% cotton and made in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Macintosh Drawing T-Shirt (black shirt, multicolor print, 2XL, 2023)

This white T-shirt featured the original Macintosh “Picasso” logo that was used on the box and other packaging for the original Macintosh in 1984.

I found it curious that Apple referred to this design as “Macintosh Drawing” and not “Picasso”—as Apple fans have referred to it for decades. However, research for this post may reveal the reason.

According to a Cult of Mac article, “The logo was designed by Tom Hughes and John Casado, art directors on the Macintosh development team.” The article indicates that one of the art directors reported that “the inspiration for the drawing style was Matisse….The idea of the graphics being ‘Picasso style’ was, as I remember, a journalist’s description at the time of the launch.”

This shirt was purchased at the Apple Store at the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, CA. The shirt was a size 2XL and unopened in its original box. The white box was printed with a white Apple logo and measured 195mm x 195mm x 35mm. The box indicated that the shirt was 100% cotton and made in Turkey (Türkiye).

Source: Cult of Mac

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Apple Camp #todayatapple T-Shirt (bright green with orange printing, 2XL, 2022)

Beginning in the 2010s, Apple Stores began hosting “Apple Camp” events for school-aged children. In 2017, Apple Stores began hosting Today at Apple (#todayatapple) events and continued the Apple Camp idea as a part of this program. Angela Ahrendts, Apple’s senior vice president of retail at that time, said:

“‘Today at Apple’ is one of the ways we’re evolving our experience to better serve local customers and entrepreneurs. We’re creating a modern-day town square, where everyone is welcome in a space where the best of Apple comes together to connect with one another, discover a new passion, or take their skill to the next level. We think it will be a fun and enlightening experience for everyone who joins.”

Apple Camp events were taught by Creative Pros, Apple’s “liberal arts equivalent” to its technical Geniuses. As of 2024, Apple’s website has a single mention of Apple Camp:

“This year at Apple Camp, kids ages 6–10 created their own interactive storybooks inspired by kindness on iPad with Apple Pencil. Sign up to be the first to know about the next Apple Camp.”

This t-shirt was provided to those who participated in an Apple Camp experience in approximately 2022. The shirt is bright green with a bright orange logo featuring hand-drawn sketches that fill the shape of an Apple logo. The t-shirt is size 2XL and includes its original cardboard packaging.

My collection includes an earlier design of this t-shirt that uses a yellow logo and the word “Camp,” before Apple Camp was associated with Today at Apple.

Sources: MacRumors, Apple

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Knit t-shirt, black with white Apple Education logo (M, c. 2005)

This black knit t-shirt features an embroidered Apple Education logotype on the upper-left front. The logotype is in Apple’s Myriad font, used by Apple from approximately 2003–2017.

The back of the shirt has an an embroidered Apple logo in white at the top center.

According to its tag, the knit shirt is made by PORT AUTHORITY, an apparel and accessory brand launched in 1994. The shirt is a Medium size.

Sources: Wikipedia (Apple typography), Port Authority

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T-shirt, Back to School (dark green, 2011)

This dark green t-shirt was made for Apple’s Back to School events and promotions in 2011. The front features a stylized hand-drawn sketch that includes an Apple logo and icons for Pages, GarageBand, iMovie, Keynote, Twitter, iTunes, and other drawings.

The back of the shirt includes an Apple logo and the words “Back to School 2011” in Apple’s Myriad font, used by Apple from approximately 2003–17.

The shirt is made by American Apparel, a brand “that stands for inclusiveness, equality and empowerment.” The shirt is a Men’s/Unisex Large size.

Sources: Wikipedia, American Apparel

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T-shirt, To the crazy ones (off-white, L, c. 2000)

This T-shirt is off-white with short sleeves and has a slightly larger collar than a typical t-shirt, hinting at the mock-turtle-neck style. The front of the shirt is blank, and the left sleeve has a black Apple logo.

The back of the shirt is printed with the complete Think Different manifesto in the Apple Garamond font. Apple Garamond was used by Apple from approximately 1984 to 2003—notably as part of Apple’s iconic Think Different ad series that first appeared in 1997.

Apple’s “To the crazy ones” manifesto reads:

To the crazy ones.

Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.

They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them,
disbelieve them, glorify them or vilify them.
About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them.

Because they change things.
They invent. They imagine. They heal.
They explore. They create. They inspire.
They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can
change the world, are the ones who do.

Think Different.

The shirt was manufactured by Vistawear Classics. It is a size Large.

Sources: Wikipedia (Think Different, Apple typography)

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T-shirt, Happy Birthday, Mac (black, 2014)

This black t-shirt commemorates the 30th birthday of Apple’s Macintosh computer brand.

The front of the shirt features a stylized “30” logo in a thin version of Apple Myriad, but with the “0” replaced by an outline of the Apple logo. The “30” part of the logo is printed in a gradient version of Apple’s classic 6-color logo. Under the “30” is printed “Happy Birthday, Mac.”

The back of the shirt features the words “Celebrating 30 years of making computers people love” printed in Apple Myriad, centered at the top. Apple Myriad was Apple’s corporate font used approximately between 2003–2017.

The shirt is made by American Apparel, a brand “that stands for inclusiveness, equality and empowerment.” The shirt is a Women’s XL size.

Source: Wikipedia, American Apparel