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Author: Benson C.

The fix up

I really couldn’t find any better picture than this one. The instant moment captured the intensity and flow of who-know-what I was doing. Day 3 of the trip, I’ve gone around to get a few goodies here and there for frds and fam bam. Taiwan’s

Picture of the Day

His name’s Fri-fri, my sister’s cat. All types of sassy. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Why hello Formosa

Arrival. This is not exactly up to date due to the lack of internet access for the past few days. Granted with no internet access, I’ve squeezed the juice out of each day to soak up that sun. and sweat. First thing I notice on

Trip to Taiwan/Day 1.5

Hello guys, I’m currently in HK International Airport waiting for the connecting flight to Taipei Taiwan. Like it seems, it’ll be an almost a month trip to visit my friends and family back home as well as grub on some traditional Taiwanese food and not

Zeeb of the Week

KhanTruong -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Online Shop down

As explained in image. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Graduation.

Nope, it doesn’t relate to Kanye’s album. From June 12th to 14th, UC Davis had its graduations for the class of 09’s. In this case, also class of “supposedly ’10s”. It’s always that bittersweet situation for the graduates…it’s the “thank God I don’t have to

Macdaddy

It’s me again, apologizing for the lack of updates. But this time, there’s a Mac to blame. Few weeks ago, my LCD declared its retirement. It was the start of my hunt for a new laptop…With many feed backs from facebook and blogger, along with

Crepe House Packaging Redesign

TIZ’s asked to redesign the crepe wrapper and water cup for the Japan based Uni Crepe House:With the classy/elegance approach, here’s the design that I came up with – Art nouveau style pattern specifically made for Uni Crepe House. Two concepts for the crepe wrappers:

Banksy VS Bristol Museum

Iconic Arist – Banksy is throwing an exhibit at:The Bristol Museum’s at UK. The admission’s free, but I don’t have the extra mulah for a ticket to UK. It you’re in UK, go to it. Banksy’s Manifesto.“When I was a kid I used to pray

Vent x The Imaginary Zebra

Here’s the collaboration T-shirt for Vent Magazine. 21 custom made for the staffs of Vent Magazine ’08-’09. Not for sale. Distinctive red and blue prints on black t-shirts. “vent” made out of names of the staffs.It’s the perfect formula. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter ||

Art

A short break from studying. The innovation today is using small basic items to create a time consuming art piece. It’ll blow people’s mind away. Phil’s definitely the man for this type of art form. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check

Laptops-Replace or Repair?

That’s the way my work station’s set up. “Nice.” you said. Nooo, don’t get fooled by the dual monitors. Things are being placed this way is because the backlight to my LCD’s burnt out! It happened this morning when I routinely turn on my laptop

Picture of the Day

I’ve seen Red Bulls since..way too long ago, yet I paid no attention to its tab design. Detail’s the key. and so is being observant. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Limited OG Purple & APCN Lookbook

It’s purple striking in. The limited Edition, with no more than 40 printed, OG Purple tee will be available on Monday 7:12pm PDT. Lookbook now out. Asian Pacific Culture Week x TIZ t-shirt photos are now available, too.Unfortunately, these are not for sale. -Benson|| Follow

Picture of the Day

Tall sunflower, to me, spotted in the middle of an apartment garden.Sunflowers were always exposed to me in a bouquet laying in the vases of SafeWay. It was almost as tall as Yen. Picture worthy – snaps. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the

Remodel

The front page was cleaned up for a much simpler look. No worries, the map’s still here and it’s under the project page. And thanks to Yen, we got this:The Imaginary Zebra (TIZ) 創立自2006年。在時尚界裡,我們致力於任何新潮的設計,以維持獨樹一格 的服裝概念。 想像力是表現自我風格的關鍵。有鑑於此,我們生出更多想法、孵出更多圖像,為充滿活力的生活尋找註解、為經驗過的事情帶來意義。而這些創意的來源,以及對個人主義的堅持,正是TIZ促進日常服飾中必須擁有的構成與要素。 不僅如此,我們的作品不單只是一件流行服飾。TIZ的設計結合當代世界觀,並且表達對現時世界的看法 。而在每一次的project或時裝秀裡,都是展現我們創 意力與想像力的機會。 儘管作為一家年輕的品牌,我們對時尚的熱忱與奉獻,絕對 不輸任何名牌。最後希望在你讀完TIZ的故事之後,除了能更了解我們跟 這個品牌如何互動外,也能一起嘗試新點子與發掘新玩意。 “想像力比知識更重要”愛因斯坦 -Benson|| Follow

Spin

Made for personal enjoyment, but since it’s a TIZ project, then bam, it’s listed TIZ news. Holding the camera straight at your face. Keep still.Now Spin. then for some reason, people started screaming along with it. Kevin’s *Winner for the most expressions. More after the

McDonald’s

Hey look, an enormous “M” on a bright red background. What would be the first that pops into mind? Of course.Everyone knows about its massive fast food chains and the great nutritious value in the food they provided. “Super Size Me”, by Morgan Spurlock, says

Zeeb of the Week

Karina Chan. Certified Zeeb. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Helmet Hunt

I was debating rather I should categorize this as a personal entry or an inspirational post. But after all the creative helmets I stumbled through while searching for one, it’s hard to not get inspired by them.Here’s Cody, a familiar face that’s been supporting TIZ

House Cleaning

Here’s the trend in my house: we leave things placed on the last location we used it..until they all piled up and became obstacles that we have to fend through when going from a corner of the house to another. Good thing is we barely

Blue

I usually don’t post too many videos in 1 day, but this one really hit the spot. Blueby flickerpix -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

4 ft papercraft Freedom Gundam

Freedom Gundam – 4 foot papercraft from Taras Lesko on Vimeo. 4 feet all paper Freedom Gundam. 2 months of work in a 4-minutes vid. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

I’ve done a few designs here and there back in highschool, but I never thought my hobbies would end up becoming something this serious. Things happened by fortunate encounters. The first spark of TIZ happened in summer 2006. I just graduated from high school. As

TIZ on The California Aggie

Woot, after 3 years of working with talented and creative folks around Davis, TIZ’s gotten its first official feature on The California Aggie. Story by Elena Buckley (Published on 05/29/09) Oh boy, It’s 2 am. Sounds like the perfect time to stare into space and

Soon

Piled up with projects/work. Will update you, my fellow zeebs, soon.A limited tee coming soon as well as a few other collaborations. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Obey-Supply and Demand

Maybe I should have another category of “money sucking goodies.” I couldn’t turn away when I saw this 20th anniversary Obey art book. Shepard Fairey has been my inspiration since day one, so was Chandler from Friends. He’s a guy who started bombing the city

A Phi O Collaboration

TIZ’s gotten a chance to collaborate with the Davis chapter of Alpha Phi Omega for their upcoming rush event. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

P.O.D-Jedi Master

Picture of the Day – Jedi Master Origami. Took my brother about 4-5 hours, even following a detailed tutorial, for this. I’ve done tutorials in the past, but I’m sorry, you’re on your own for this one. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the

TIZ x My Broskies

Courtesy of Billy, who’s been helping out with musical performances, video productions, and now comics! His website’s under construction, but be ready to see this guy A LOT. -Benson|| Follow me on Twitter || Join the movement|| Check the original website http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Adidas

Adidas’ always been pushing out new inspirational projects. Just the other day when I swung by Berkeley, the Adidas store there handed me a couple of flyers about their recent interactive “customize your life” project….I was curious enough to step into the store to find

Organization

“The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.”- Marcus Aurelius.Starting from entries few days ago, I’ve been categorizing them in a more obvious manner. Now you can also click on the right panel to narrow down the posts of specific nature

Winchester Mystery House

The plan was really to enjoy sea breeze at Santa Cruz, but unfortunately, our skin wasn’t thick enough to bare the 58 degree cold. So instead, we hit up the place that I always planned on going – The Winchester Mystery House. It’s a $70

Winchester Mystery House

The plan was really to enjoy sea breeze at Santa Cruz, but unfortunately, our skin wasn’t thick enough to bare the 58 degree cold. So instead, we hit up the place that I always planned on going – The Winchester Mystery House. It’s a $5.5

Green flavored eye candy for the road

Isn’t that a beautiful 100%-electric-powered mobile? It’s called the Aptera 2e. The slick aerodynamic body and 3-wheel whip is destine to capture everyone’s eyes. Ok, maybe it’s not everyone’s cup of tea(you 4 wheelers), but it sure is mine. Jay Leno’s, too. So he’s a

Lego Architecture

For you die hard lego fans, architects, or both, this could very well be an opportunity to put a hole in your walet. A collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright, Legos have step into the game of modern buildings…and structures. There are 4 sets(The Sears Tower,

Up till 6am

Good morning, Sunshine. It’s 5:24 am, I’m still up and so is Kevin. I spent my time working on a graphic for A Phi O, but Kevin’s(MonkeyPhobia) been going at his CFL project since 9pm, which is epic enough for me to dedicate this entry