In Search of Inspiration?

Every once in a while when it comes time to be creative, ideas don't flow. Chalk it up to not enough sleep, lack of coffee or simply morning for those of us nocturnal beings. Well, that's when it's time to sit down (with your latte) and put your feet up and flip through a good creative magazine.



 I've been reading IDN (International Designers Network) Magazine for just over a year and have to say, it's full of great, inspiring works from many artistic disciplines that will get your creative juices flowing. Inside can be found everything from 2D Graphic Art, sculpture, wearable sculpture and jewelry, toys, trendy collectables and everything cool in between.

After spending years in Architectural Design School and working for one of Hollywoods top designers (Doug Chiang), I've learned a thing or two about how to break a creative lull. What's very important is that you learn to refresh. Repeatedly looking at the same things we love over and over can spawn a creative boredom. That's why it's important to study other crafts and disciplines, filter, reconfigure, blend and massage what you have seen and then return to your task.

IDN Magazine is a great resource for this type of creative boost because it puts many art forms in one place. I've found sculptures and dioramas that I probably would've never been exposed to in my other typical 2D Computer Graphic magazines or traditional painting books.

Now that I'm Co-Owner of Ziggling Graphic Tees & Apparel, we are always watching to see what other people are doing in the design world and often find it helpful to stay away from our subject matter (decorating apparel) when looking for fresh inspiration and turning to another craft for a fresh breath of air.



Sometimes what you need for your next design project, graphic novel cover or apparel design can come from the unusual texture in a unique paper landscape or the way the light bounces color around a vibrant projection sculpture (above). Sometimes something as simple as a color gradation can inspire the entire color palette or artistic direction for a new design that you are working on, especially if it holds a similar emotional vibe. Decisions like this, that are not arbitrary can always strengthen your piece!

The Magazine:
www.idnworld.com

Creative works at Ziggling Graphic Tees & Apparel:
www.ziggling.com

Ziggling Tees at Revolution 9

Ziggling tshirts and apparel are now available at "Revolution 9" here in Fairfax, CA.. If you go there soon you might catch this window display featuring a bunch of our tees beside the popular Shepard Fairey Obey prints.

Our "Robot with Cupcake" tee is seen here (right) amongst some of the other cool trinkets found in the store. The "Scissor Bunny" Gals tee and our Best Selling "Tree-bot" Robot tshirt (below) are also gracing the windows with some of the coolest books and bags in town!

Aside from some of the edgy and rare finds within, the store is a great hangout for kids as well. They have workshops, a student art gallery and youth music amongst other things. Stores like these are great for the community and not easy to come by these days.

Revolution 9 can be found on Bolinas here in Fairfax, just steps from Broadway blvd (aka Center street) and the corner shop "The Coffee Roastery".







Our entire line of Ziggling Graphic Tees & Apparel can be found here at our online store:
www.ziggling.com

Ziggling, Alternative brand and Celebrities

We here at Ziggling think Alternative brand apparel is great! It costs a bit more than others, but when you touch it and wear it, it's super soft! We pick our Favs from their supply (usually the softest of the soft) and design graphics with them in mind! We've found celebs that also seem to LOVE it like we do.

Taylor Lautner shown here in his Alternative Wannabe Rocker Tee (Above) and Kristen Stewart (Right) in one of her several Alternative Burnout V-necks.

Our Ziggling Monster Walk print (below) is done on a Black Alternative Burnout V-neck. The print is invisible to the touch. If you want one for yourself, you can buy here: Ziggling Monster Walk








As always, the rest of our line can be seen here: Ziggling.com. The guys tees we currently carry are all Alternative and very soft and comfortable too. We wear them virtually everyday - soooo good! They're all hand printed with very soft inks! Did I mention they were soft?

Here's a shot of some of our Ziggling Graphic Apparel line that "Revolution 9" here is Fairfax is carrying. If you wanna see how soft our Ziggling clothes are, go by Rev 9 and see em' in person.

If Fairfax, California is too far away, come see us online at:

http://www.ziggling.com/

I also bought "Stencil Nation", a cool collection of graffiti as art. I Love this stuff! Very inspiring stuff! Some Banksy stuff in there, but also a lot of cool, edgy and raw stuff you've never seen before.

Picked up a couple of new books! It's about time I got this Banksy book. A friend of mine had it and I loved it when I flipped through it at record slow pace!

Get cool Ziggling Graphic Apparel at a store!!!

We're proud to announce that Ziggling Graphic Apparel is now sold at "Revolution 9", a cool local store here in Fairfax, CA! Let us know if your store would like to carry Ziggling coolness!

Check em' out: http://r9fairfax-com.doodlekit.com/home