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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
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
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)
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
This black t-shirt features Apple Dashboard icon on the front center. The back of the t-shirt features a white Apple logo at the top center and reads:
Dashboard
Where there’s a widget, there’s a way.
Mac OS X Tiger
Dashboard was a part of Mac OS X introduced in 2007 (version 10.4, Tiger). Dashboard served as a secondary Desktop that allowed access to a user-customized set of widgets, such as weather, calculator, notepad, stocks, and others. The Dashboard feature was discontinued after the release of macOS Mojave (version 10.14). However, widgets continue to be a part of macOS.
This shirt is a Hanes Beefy-T brand in size Large.
Sources: Wikipedia (Dashboard, macOS Tiger, macOS Mojave)
This long-sleeve t-shirt is a burgundy-heather color and features the Apple Education Community logotype across the front. The words are printed in white in the San Francisco font, Apple’s official corporate font since 2017.
On the right sleeve of the shirt is printed education.apple.com. The back of the shirt has no printing.
The shirt was made by BELLA+CANVAS and its tag reads “HEATHER CVC.” Its size is 3XL.
Several Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) wore these shirts when presenting at the Apple Michigan Avenue flagship store on November 4, 2023. We presented several Showcase presentations about innovative educational programs and uses of Apple technology in schools in Illinois and Wisconsin using the Apple Store’s iconic Video Wall. I have included a group photo from the event below. Notice that a few different colors of this shirt were worn by the ADEs.
Source: Wikipedia
This bright green t-shirt features Apple’s environmental logo that has been featured in Apple Stores, often as a part of Earth Day recognitions. The logo features a white Apple logo with a green leaf. This t-shirt was given to Apple retail store employees in 2022.
In 2020 Apple reached a major environmental milestone when they reported that their facilities were carbon neutral—and they further state the goal that “By 2030, all our products will be too.” In 2022, Lisa Jackson, Vice President, Environment, Policy & Social Initiatives, wrote:
“In a year where the technology we make touched more lives than ever, teams across Apple never stopped innovating to protect the planet. Whether it’s using more recycled materials in our products, or transitioning our supply chain to 100 percent clean energy, there is no part of Apple this work does not reach.”
This t-shirt is size XL and is printed in the tag area with “100% Recycled Cotton” and “Made in Vietnam.” The shirt is in its original packaging.
Sources: Apple (Progress Report, Environment)
This black t-shirt features an Apple Music logo on the front with an Apple logo and the text-stylized word “MUSIC” (in an unknown, perhaps bespoke, font). The back of the shirt is printed at the top-center with a white Apple logo and the words “1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA” in Apple’s San Francisco font.
The shirt does not have a tag, but is printed with the size 2XL and “Made in China.” The size is stylized in the Apple Myriad font with a rounded-rectangle border, the same design used to indicate the storage size of various iPod and iPhone models. (It seems unusual that Apple has mixed the current San Francisco font on the back and the old Apple Myriad font on the tag of the same product.)
This t-shirt has not been worn. It was purchased from The Company Store, a store on the Apple Campus at 1 Infinite Loop that resembles an Apple Store, but includes Apple logo retail items such as t-shirts and mugs.
This white Mac OS X t-shirt is unopened and sealed in its original packaging. The shirt features a large blue X on the front stylized in Apple’s “Aqua” design language—translucent bright blue with a glossy finish. The style matched the translucent iMac at the time, and the style was used in the then-new Mac OS X operating system.
The back of this t-shirt uses black lettering in the Apple Garamond font with the phrase, “Coming to a Macintosh near you.” In smaller type below is a black Apple logo with the tagline “Think different.”
The t-shirt tag indicates it is a Hanes Beefy-T brand made from 100% preshrunk cotton in size ADULT L. It was made in the U.S.A. and assembled in Mexico.
Although this shirt is unopened in plastic wrapping, I was able to verify the back design on eBay. (The back text is partially visible through the fabric.)
This black t-shirt features a unique infinity-symbol logo made from a line of text that repeats “Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA” three times.
The shirt does not have a tag, but is printed with the size 2XL and “Made in USA.” The size is stylized in the Apple Myriad font with a rounded-rectangle border, the same design used to indicate the storage size of various iPod and iPhone models.
This t-shirt has not been worn and includes its tag from The Company Store, a store on the Apple Campus at 1 Infinite Loop that resembles an Apple Store, but includes Apple logo retail items such as t-shirts and mugs.
