The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is a meeting held annually in and near Cupertino, California, by Apple. The event gathers thousands of software developers to learn about and discuss the latest software and technologies for Apple operating systems and platforms. Attendees can participate in hands-on labs with Apple engineers and in-depth sessions covering many topics.
Attendees of the 2024 Worldwide Developers Conference expressed their interest to attend by entering an online lottery. Those who were selected and attended were given this canvas bag and some of the items shown in this post.
Canvas Bag
One side of the black canvas bag features a stylized “WW” representing “Worldwide” and printed below are the words “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” The text is printed in light gray in a stylized version of San Francisco, Apple’s Corporate font.
The other side of the bag features the letters “DC” in a bold font representing “Developers Conference.” At the bottom, the location and date of the conference is printed, “Apple Park, June 10–14.”
The upper edge of the bag features a royal blue tag embroidered with “[Apple logo] WWDC24”
The bag measures 15.5 inches tall, 14.75 inches wide, and two loop handles add an additional 9.5 inches to the height of the bag.
Picnic Tarp
Some attendees referred to this item in a cylindrical drawstring bag as a “picnic blanket,” but it is made from a nylon material that more closely resembles a tarp. The cylindrical drawstring carrying bag is dark gray and has the words “Worldwide Developers Conference 2024” printed in black. The bag measures 5 inches tall, 4 inches in diameter, and has a 10-inch drawstring.
Inside the bag is a neatly folded royal blue nylon picnic tarp with a black border, rounded edges, and the designs are printed in black. One side features a single large black WWDC logo and the other side uses the WWDC24 logotype repeated multiple times to create a pattern. Although I did not precisely measure this tarp, I estimate it to be over 6 x 6 feet.
Small Pin Package Folder
The smaller of two matte black cardboard pin packages is printed on the front in glossy black ink “WWDC24,” and on the back with “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” This cardboard folder package measures 2.5 inches wide and 3.25 inches tall.
Inside is a single lapel-style pin with the year “2024” using a font design similar to the WWDC24 logotype. The back of the pin uses a butterfly clutch pin fastener.
Large Pin Package Folder
The larger of two matte black cardboard pin packages is printed on the front in glossy black ink “WWDC24” and on the back with “[Apple logo] Worldwide Developers Conference 2024.” This cardboard folder package measures 3.25 inches wide and 4 7/8 inches tall.
Inside is a collection of six lapel-style pins, all using a butterfly clutch pin fastener on the backs. The pins include:
- Apple Park—A round silver design in the shape of Apple Park. The center of the pin is black and includes the words “[Apple logo] Park” in Apple’s San Francisco corporate font. This round pin measures 7/8 inches in diameter.
- Macintosh 40 YEARS—This rectangular design uses a 4-bit depiction of the original beige Macintosh in icon form with a smiling “face” on the screen. In all caps below is printed “40 YEARS” in Apple’s Chicago bitmap font (designed by Susan Kare) used in the original Macintosh user interface. This pin measures 5/8 inch wide x 7/8 inch tall.
- theFuture = Date.now—This rectangular pin has rounded edges with silver text on a bright orange field. The text can be interpreted as “the future is now,” but written in the Swift coding language as “theFuture = Date.now” using a monospaced version of Apple’s San Francisco font. This pin measures 1 1/8 inches wide x 1/2 inch tall.
- Dragon Face Memoji—This detailed pin shows a highly stylized and detailed version of the “Dragon Face” Memoji with stars replacing the eyes. This custom-shaped pin measures roughly 7/8 inch wide x 7/8 inch tall.
- Vintage Apple logotype—This pin is a version of Apple’s logotype from the 1990s using one of Apple’s former corporate fonts, Apple Garamond, used between 1984–2002. Each letter is a different color from Apple’s original 6-color logo (with no red letter). This pin measures 1 1/8 inches wide x 5/8 inch tall.
- Apple Vision Pro—My favorite of the pins is a depiction of the Apple Vision Pro. The pin shows the front view with a black display with sliver edges. A tiny Digital Crown can be seen in its relative position over the left (facing) lens. This pin measures 1 inch wide x 1/2 inch tall.
The swag bag also included a black water bottle with a white WWDC24 logo, but I do not [yet] have this in my collection.
Sources: Wikipedia (butterfly clutch, Apple typography), 9to5mac, WWDCScholars, Susan Kare
