[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
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.
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
Invited by Alpha Lambda Pledge Class, I’ll be giving a talk this Friday at UC Davis. If you’re interested in how all this zebra shenanigans happened, what types of obstacles I’ve faced, and where I plan to take TIZ next, feel free to come check
Phew, hectic Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Felt much colder this time around – where were all the HOT deals?! I got a pair of jeans from Levi’s for 40% off + free shipping. The End. That’s a wrap for the holiday shopping story. Anyway,
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
That’s in less than 24 hours. ↑ -Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website || Shop of Imagination || http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com
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
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.)
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
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”,
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 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
We’ll be there this Saturday, see ya soon?[Event Info Page] Benson|| Twitter || the movement|| The Imaginary Zebra website || Shop of Imagination || http://www.theimaginaryzebra.com
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
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
Swung by Academy of Arts earlier today for an interview with [Marvin]. While I was there, [Marvin], who is currently a student there, gave me a quick tour to the news room and their graphic design department. Pretty awesome. ↑John was a pro at all
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.”
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
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 ↑
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
