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According to Western European culture, sure. Apparently people started thinking of it as an apple because of a choice in translation. Realistically, scholars b

According to Western European culture, sure. Apparently people started thinking of it as an apple because of a choice in translation. Realistically, scholars believe the forbidden fruit referred to is a pomegranate- because geographically it makes more sense. Apples originally come from the region around Kazakhstan- much further East than where the garden of Eden was supposedly located. Some people also think it was a fig. Ultimately the way it was originally written, it's impossible to know for sure but it's unlikely that it was an apple. I don't know about the choice for logo and intent behind the symbol, but I find the geographic origins of plants interesting.

skeeter2020 4y ago
thanks for the interesting background info, and I really like the OP's (devilish in it's own sense) interpretation. My understanding is that the choice of an apple was nothing more than the prevalence of orchards in the area when they started. Of course if Jobs WAS the devil, the first requirement would be plausible deniability...
nemo44x 4y ago
In terms of intent, the designer has spoken about this. One story is the forbidden fruit. Another is that Alan Turing killed himself by taking a bite from a cyanide laced apple. The original rainbow logo showing support for gay people. But he says none of these are true. The logo was an apple because that’s the company name and a bite was taken out of it to make it clear it’s not a cherry. The rainbow colors were because they shipped color graphics with the Apple ][ which was rare for the time. They also proposed a logo without a bite taken out and solid color and metallic versions of the logo that were used in certain marketing. https://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_designer_apple_logo/ https://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_desi... But then if Steve was the devil then this is good cover.

skeeter2020 4y ago

thanks for the interesting background info, and I really like the OP's (devilish in it's own sense) interpretation. My understanding is that the choice of an apple was nothing more than the prevalence of orchards in the area when they started. Of course if Jobs WAS the devil, the first requirement would be plausible deniability...

nemo44x 4y ago

In terms of intent, the designer has spoken about this. One story is the forbidden fruit. Another is that Alan Turing killed himself by taking a bite from a cyanide laced apple. The original rainbow logo showing support for gay people. But he says none of these are true. The logo was an apple because that’s the company name and a bite was taken out of it to make it clear it’s not a cherry. The rainbow colors were because they shipped color graphics with the Apple ][ which was rare for the time. They also proposed a logo without a bite taken out and solid color and metallic versions of the logo that were used in certain marketing. https://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_designer_apple_logo/ https://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_desi... But then if Steve was the devil then this is good cover.