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Author: Benson C.

Cups Full of Cake – Design Process

[Cups full of Cake] is an uprising cupcake shop in Arizona. To kick start their business, they’ll be giving out different flavor cupcakes to people in return for their reviews.Not just that, I was invited to come up with a design for a limited shirt

TIZ: Past, Present, Future Presentation Recap!

Just had my very first professional presentation few days ago. Invited by the Alpha Lambda pledge class at UCD, I was asked to talk about how TIZ came about as well as some tips and future plans. And so I did. 30+ minutes of it.

Project PLM – Our New Display

Been thinking about this project for a long time, finally took the time to execute it: I’ve been vending with my [t-shirts] for a while now. Through each opportunity, I’ve tried to arrange my tables differently to capture the attention and make a good impression

Marshall Headphone Unbox and Review

My first unbox video. What’s up.  I go by B.C.Be.Seen. [bcbeseen] I’ve been a big fan of those vids, never thought I’d give it a try. Nor Did I know it was going to be that tedious- multiple takes (on an unbox video!?) and 4

Thanksgiving Celebration!

That’s in less than 24 hours. ↑ -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website || Shop of Imagination || http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

Red Balloon Recap

The last Red Balloon event. I felt super honored to be a part of it. It was rather hectic, since aside from vending there, TIZ also had a “surprise” performance at the show. While I sound checking and practicing with the performers, Karen and Adrienne

Preparation for the Red Balloon Benefit Concert

The Red Balloon benefit concert’s in a few, just wrapped up our practice last night.Oh, for more event info, [check here.]  $10 at the door. 5-930PM. Sci Lec. 123. (100% of your money goes straight to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital sponsoring music therapy programs.)

Red Balloon x TIZ are in

Got the shirts and ready to send them first thing Monday. Thank you all who supported TIZ and Red Balloon and purchased the shirt in advance! Sorry, the pre-order period has ended. If you still like to purchase the collabo tee, please stay tune for

Customized Origami Speakers

Asked by Eric Kim [AirwickKim], a great friend of mine, to customize these.Innovative design allowing people to fold them flat for travels..I think I defeated the purpose with my customs, sorry Eric. I couldn’t help it. The idea behind this custom was to incorporate “Eric”,

World of Dance – 2010 Vallejo Recap

The event was HUGE – a few thousand people in and out to say the least. Overall, it was a competition split down the middle into the youth division and upper division with a couple of mind blowing performances by Future Funk, Les Twins, and

Red Balloon x TIZ – Design Process

Red Balloon is a benefit concert sponsoring local non-profits organization and global efforts to secure opportunities for children in third world countries and here in our own backyard. They have events in Davis and San Jose to connect the community through music. And to contribute

Air Max Light Custom

It’s been ages since I last pick up a brush for shoe customization.Before the whole TIZ stuff, I started off my “artistic career” by panting customized graffiti hats and shoes. Man, I almost forgot how fun it is to redesign shoes again. I used to

Project 365: Mid October to Early November

Yosh yosh! One post a day, gotta keep it up. Started on 8/31/10 when I received my Canon T2i and I’ve posted 68 times now – Less than 300 days to go! [Project 365. Powered by Tumblr] Here’s few from the last 20ish days:↑”Dress in

The Wall of Memories – Davis Wall Project

This is a continuous project of what my [ex-housemates and I did to our wall] last year. We wanted the wall to reflect the good times we had through our days in Davis. Just with a blink of an eye, 1 year’s past. A couple

TIZ featured in TypoShirtOne by Index Book

I’m so stoked. I mean, I’m SO STOKED! All the way from Barcelona, a book titled “TypoShirtOne” and published by Index Book was delivered. Got this in the mail a few days ago, haven’t gotten a chance to post this entry till now. It feels

SF Giants’ Parade

Giants’ won the world series since a long long long time, so they got this parade going in downtown San Francisco to celebrate its victory. More like the biggest block party ever, with more than 1 million attendees. Holy crap. Truth be told, I’m not

afterschoolspecial x TIZ Collabo Tee

Took us 4 months to get this ready. [afterschoolspecial]’s a Rock/Rap band from San Diego. With their upcoming album release – It’s All In Your Head, they teamed up with [Wong Fu Productions] to produce a MV for one of their singles. On the other

Happy Halloween!

Have a good one, guys!After graduation, Michelle’s been focusing on her LSAT full time (more than 38 hours a week, sometimes overtime) and I’ve been working on TIZ related stuff, here’s how we spent our Halloween: You, on the other hand, have fun while you

The Making of SDAFF Backdrop

Backdrop designed for San Diego Asian Film Festival. I would’ve posted this before the trip, but we ended up finishing it just 12 hours before our drive to SD, woot woot. We underestimated how long it was going to take for the paint to dry. 

Hercules Class of 2011 Design Process

Always a pleasure to design for my own high school.Other than including the their slogan ” On a scale of 1-10, senrios are an’11” and the blue/black/white color theme, I was given all the space I needed for their class tee. Our mascot’s the “Titan.”

San Diego Asian Film Fest Recap

It’s been a very significant weekend. Aside from breaking my own record of driving-for-the-longest time-in-3 days (20+ hours spent driving alone), I was able to bring my interns to our FIRST outside of Davis event, meet a crap load of interesting people, plus a few

San Diego Asian Film Fest.

Walup guys, I’ll be heading down(via car) to San Diego for the next 3 days. Updates will be posted when I return. To get snippets of what’s happening on my trip, check my [twitter] (It’ll probably be bombarded with my complaints about traffic). Best!Benson ↑

FAME San Jose Recap

This happened last Saturday, my schedule’s been clustered by too many micro errands that I couldn’t find to update this till now, mah bad. Invited by [BobbiVie], Michelle and I headed down to SJ for the glorious FAME event. I had a really good impression

New Wallpaper.

This is Ko-wei, aside from videography, he’s phenomenal with 3D work. Though, a bit less than a year into the game, he’s been producing outstanding projects with TIZ. Awhile back, he’s made our [Zeeb mascot in 3D]. With our Series 3’s release, he’s made a

Series 3’s New Features. Check before you buy.

It took me a while to put out this series for a few reasons – After closely examining through all your feedback and criticisms a while back, I had to go through a few adjustments and changes. Also, this is my first series after taking

Series 3 – Idea behind each shirt – 5/5

Side note // Pardon the delayed update – my modem blew up yesterday. This is the last, but not least, design for Series 3. Few months back, for the celebration of TIZ’s anniversary, I decided to bring one shirt back and it was up to

Series 3 – Idea behind each shirt – 4/5

Numbah 4 – Dream like you mean it. Don’t just dream, take the risks and pursuit your dream. It’s never too late nor too early to start. Hope you are all enjoying the shirts so far. ↑ ======================================================================== -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary

Series 3 – Idea behind each shirt – 3/5

A collaboration T with Dunksrnice, a passionate photographer. While I’m slowly getting into shooting, I see a lot of flamin’ between different camera brands. Debating over which brand’s more superior than the others is subjective, there’s never “the right” camera, but the “preferred” camera, or

Series 3 – Idea behind each shirt – 2/5

Shirt number 2 – Capture the moment. This is the reason I, and I’m sure many others, invested in a camera – to be able to frame a moment that we can look back later and tell others about the story behind it. Plus, I

Series 3 – Idea behind each shirt – 1/5

For the next 5 days, I’ll reveal and tell you about the idea behind 1 of the 5 shirts from series 3 everyday. So, there’s been a big gap between series 2 and the up coming series 3. Aside from the various projects I’ve been

Photos of a photoshoot -Series 3

Tim and Adrienne, interns of TIZ, are taking the entire collection photos for Series 3 lookbook. I’m super impressed with their professionalism, attention to details, and smooth interactions with the models. Lookbook photos coming soon. Series 3 release: 101810 8PM PST ↑ ======================================================================== -Benson|| Twitter

Cut & Paste SF

It’s a design tournament. The idea behind Cut&Paste is to capture the niche of people that enjoy seeing LIVE design competitions. There are 3 different categories of the tournament: 2D design, 3D design, and Motion design. Each of which consists of 4 contestants. Given 15-20

Career Driven – Yen’s Departure

After graduation, time seem to fly extra quickly. Fortunately, some of our friends have been getting on the right path and ready to take on the real world. Yen’s going to Shanghai tomorrow, this was our last meet up till who-knows-when. Yen’s one of our

My personal 365 project

Kinda like breakfast, it’s good for my health. I’d use this project (Via Tumblr) to make something cool everyday. Let’s hope that I can manage to think of something for the rest of this project. I’ve posted 37 times, just 328 more to go. Here

Series III Release Date Announcement

Pardon the long wait. More updates soon. Keep up the open mind. ↑ ======================================================================== -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website || Shop of Imagination || http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com

100 Restaurants Challenge – Little Lucca + Movie

Can’t get enough of these restaurants. This time we tried “little Lucca” from South SF. Even when I wake up around 9 nowadays, I still manage to leave late and arrive at restaurants at their peak time. Waiting, after a couple of these restaurant hunts,