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Apple Fan Creates Unofficial WWDC 2026 and 50th Anniversary Enamel Pins

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App developer Clément Sauvage has designed a set of enamel pins for Apple fans who want to commemorate WWDC 2026 and Apple's 50th anniversary. Sauvage is offering the pins on Kickstarter, and plans to start shipments in May ahead of WWDC.

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The pins feature the Apple developer logo, the Apple Intelligence icon, Apple's "spaceship" and rainbow at the Apple Park campus, the entrance to Apple's Infinite Loop campus, the Swift logo, and more. A single pin is available for 10 euros, while a full set of eight WWDC-themed pins is priced at 45 euros.

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Sauvage has done enamel pin sets in 2021 and 2024, so this is his third offering. There are some add-on pins from prior years available as well.

Apple often designs its own WWDC pins that are given to developers that attend the WWDC Special Event, but the pins are not available for general purchase.

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segfaultdotorg said:
Did the frog become the official mascot of iVision Pro? I must've missed that announcement.
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It celebrates Team Grenouille, which I guess is a group of French developers who attend WWDC each year?


kalsta said:
Nice to see an indie developer and fan creating some memorabilia for other fans to fill Apple’s gap… well, until the cease and desist letter arrives from Apple’s IP lawyers anyway.
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He did a set for at least WWDC 2021 and 2024, so Apple seems to be okay with it.
 
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These look cool. I really wish that Apple sold branded merchandise and memorabilia outside of what they sell at the Apple Park Visitor Center. There is definitely a market for it, not that Apple needs the money.
 
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csauvage said:
Maybe because I’m doing it for the community and not to make money. I’m a developer, not a pins reseller. I’m just celebrating community without breaking any IP.
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Thanks for chiming in and for doing this. I figured using any of Apple’s IP would sic the dogs on you. it’s the profit part I suppose and if that’s off the table then I think you’re in the clear!

EDIT: I just saw that this is your third time ‘round. Reading comprehension FTW 🙌 🙈
 
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I am interested. The pins in the picture look nice but I can't tell if they're real or not. Maybe a video handling them irl would convince me.
 
csauvage said:
Why would they ? No IP is infringed here, no logo (I made super extra care) and WWDC (Worldwide Developer Conference) isn’t and can’t be a trademark 😉
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I sincerely hope you’re right! Thanks for joining the discussion. 🙂

Why would I even suggest Apple’s lawyers might do this…? Certainly not because I think you did anything wrong. It’s more a comment on how big company lawyers typically behave, going after smaller businesses with very questionable claims. The Prepear logo dispute immediately comes to mind.
 
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leslieg said:
is the swift logo not copyrighted?
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I think Apple might have stolen that one… 🤔

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For the record (and the upside-down-voters), I don’t really think Apple ‘stole’ that logo. I just think it’s more than a little ironic that Apple goes after small businesses with fruit logos when they don’t bear anywhere near this degree of similarity.
 
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