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Author: Benson C.

San Want a Piece of me sta

A friend of mine’s got a vocational home/barn up at the canyons of San Juan Bautista. With midterms ahead of some of us, we decided to hit up the place. (You can take midterms all the time, but going to an 8 acre vocational home

Genetics Club design process

I’m very honored to help design the upcoming club t-shirt for the Genetics Club at UC Davis. It’s their 2nd year in UCD, show them some love. Any design needs a concept- I went for “Paving/painting/building genetics” for this one.Genetics’ some serious stuff, it’s like

-Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website

HDE 012

The piece of my day..midterm time. -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

CSA logo design process

This year, I was asked to come up with a logo. (I was like..hell yea? As far as my design “career” goes, I’ve never actually attempted something as deep into the Chinese culture as this project. It was definitely challenging. and fun. and messy.) So,

Major Renovation!

I’ve been staring at the same thing for waaaay too long. Time to change it up! (More than just the front pages) Some of the site’s features are not quite up to par(underneath the surface). Some areas were unorganized and messy(you might not paid attention

Zeeb around the globe!

Courtesy of Carmut. Copenhagen, Denmark Yet another one by Carmut – Frankfurt, Germany Courtesy of Michelle. Shibuya, Tokyo Michelle again at Mount. Fuji! San Diego county fair by Chris Garcia Courtesy of Paulo Llanes. Paulo Llanes himself @ Oceana HS, Pacifica. Courtesy of Ayana Campbell.

Fabric, art, and creme brulee

mm…creme brulee, this isn’t just any creme brulee, it’s the one you’d have to hunt for. Quite literally. Curtis Kimball, the chief behind the mobile cart, sells creme brulee and creme brulee only at…well, it’s hard to tell where he’ll be next time. That’s right.

Fabric, art, and creme brulee

mm..creme brulee, but not just any creme brulee, this one you’d have to hunt for. Quite literally.Curtis Kimball, the chief behind the mobile cart, sells creme brulee and creme brulee only at..well, it’s quite hard to say where he’d be next. He uses twitter as

Zeeb of the Week

Guess who this is?It’s been awhile since I updated these Zeebs. More will be coming soon! -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

350z x CB350

Friday afternoon. Cody’s a recent bike owner. The classy Honda CB350’s his first bike. After weeks of refurbishment and detailing the bike from head to toe, it was time to give his baby a little photoshoot, so he could proudly show it off to his

Useful online stuff..that are free

I spend more than 4-5 hours online almost daily, things can get a whole lot easier with some proper online applications or widgets. I like things affordable and efficient. So, all of the resources that I’m sharing with you now are completely FREE. (Only catch

Summall 09

It sure has been awhile, here are some little bits of sneak peaks of the upcoming designs.Be sure to check back for the date of release. TIZ does not have a physical store, nor have we retailed any of our clothing to any store on

UCD Breakdance Club x Billy Hong Productions

Yet another video production by Billy – amazing stuff. For those who are familiar with Davis geographically, the bboys from the vid pulled stunts from UCD Shield’s library, behind Olson, and other random places without their pants. Good shit. If you’re a bboy/bgirl from Davis,

Stanford + Cupcakes

Palo Alto, here I come. Not only does the place have the world’s top notch University, it also has the world’s top notch Cupcakes. (My personal opinion.) Here are the ladies who enjoyed a good afternoon worth of sunshine along the trip.From the left, we

Something to think about

Nothing better than some good ol’ philosophy on a Thursday afternoon. If you can’t see the video, click here. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Chinese Calligraphy.

(The letters above came from my comp’s font sets) It was how everything’s written if we went waaaay back, but today, it’s just a recreation to sooth one’s mind, calm one’s heart, and tell the world how Asian you can be. I decided to rediscover

Where are my Ports?!

As you may have already known, I’ve recently converted myself from PC to Apple. I got the 15.4″ Macbook Pro. So far I’ve been digging the change with the speed, graphics, slick interface, but except for one thing – the lack of USB ports. People

See you on the other end

Michelle’s back to the States after a good month of touring around Japan and Hong Kong, it was my turn to plan the trip together. I stumbled upon this park when I searched for “beautiful places of San Francisco”. It also happened to be 10

Glowstring

Stars and streetlights are not the only things that illuminate the night.Still images and drawings of light created by swinging a glowstick in a dark environment in front of a camera whose exposure is lengthened. (iso100, close Aperture as small as you could for best

J.RockIt x Paul Chan Photography x TIZ

J.RockIt representing The Imaginary Zebra through the lens of Paul Chan. J.RockIt’s a down to earth fella. He’s been performing across the nation for over a decade now and have shared stages with Nas, Little Brother, Swollen Members, Blu, Dead Prez..etc. He will be launching

Sale now started

You’ve got 24 hours.Click here to shop. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

TIZ: Sale

It feels good to be back. For the occasion, you’ll have 24 hours starting 9 AM on 07/21/09 to get any item for $17. First come, first serve, so mark your calender. Hope you’re having a great summer so far. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter

Business Cards Arrival

It doesn’t matter if you couldn’t see my eyes, because the business cards are here. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Recovering my Zeeb plush

Still remember this guy? His first appearance was last year when I first visited Taichung (and still inputting entries with my own template, it was such a dumb decision). The plush was completely hand made by ME. Image me with a few threads, a needle,

Broskies

Last 7 hours to get My Broskies’ limited shroom shirt. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Jetlag does your body good

I’m heading back to United States, thanks for trip. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

HK Trip pt.2

Oh boy, I checked out a beerfest hosted in Central. Nope, I didn’t drink. I mean, either you’re unemployed or a straight up alcoholic, who’d drink in the afternoon? Oh yea, that’s right. Tourists do. The streets were filled with ads various brand of booze.Peeps

HK trip pt.1

The fourth week into the vacation, I’ve been lovin’ it.(Except having multiple asthma attacks lately). Last destination before I head back to US is the land filled with skyscrapers and delectable foods- Hong Kong. Sounds like a time to get my grub on. But first

Good bye, Taiwan. Why hello, Hong Kong.

Nope, I’m not dead, yet, just haven’t been able to find Internet access, again. I’m now in HK stuffing my face. There’s no free-wifi connection so far, but once there is, I shall update you with all the interesting things here. -Benson|| Follow me on

Taichung Trip

There hasn’t been any updates cuz I’ve spent the last few days being sick…and oh, chillin in Taichung. I’ve summed up most of the trip within the entry, that’s 41 pictures, 9 people, and one smashing tour. The orignal peep that came with:Hannah(speaks fluent Mandarin),

MMH pole

Our companion My Mechanical Heart is having a poll on printing their first batch of Tees. Click here to vote! -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

We eat Brains + 50mm f1.8

This is my middle school friend -Sam 黃政翔. We had some good traditional cuisines at the night market and did some catching up. Recommended by many, one of the best boba milk tea. It tasted just like any other ones to me. Here’s the infamous

Food and Peeps

I skipped a few days. The days that I sat at home planning the next TIZ drop.While sitting at home, I sure had a lot of great and weird looking food: This is like a tourist in US blogging about Jack-in-the-box.You’re looking at “Mos Burger’s”

Concert. Crowd. and Crowd lu 盧廣仲

The date and time might be abit off. Anyway, yesterday was Golden Melody Award ceremony’s 20th anniversary.Singers competed for the highest honor with their songs and lyrics. It’s one of the biggest musical award in Taiwan. Of all the singers participated, Crowd (盧廣仲) was perceived

New business cards to come out

It hasn’t been all play for me. (though, mostly) Here’s the concept for the new upcoming business cards. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Snap snap

Snap shot of Jim from Taiwan. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

I like to ride my bicycle

Only Japanese can design these detailed bikes for the urban lifestyle. Think again, the bikes are products of the Pacific Cycles from Taiwan.and guess where we are going on Day 4 of my trip in Taiwan? (Bikes on the cover are BD-1 and Carry Me