Everyone carries digital content with them wherever they go; movies, music, pictures, videos, work files... it's a mobile world. So if it goes everywhere with you, why not take it in style? Whether it is a laptop, iPhone, iPad or tablet PKG has you covered with stylish sleeves, covers and bags that have both fashion and function. With seasonal refreshes we also feature limited edition series featuring designs by local artists to make sure you are on the cutting edge. So go on; Wrap it up in style…
PKG Peeps
Meet some of our PKG Peeps. These featured bloggers contribute to booth our outlook on life as well as to the fountain of knowledge that we share with you. You see we like the way they roll and we think you’ll dig them too so please enjoy their pieces on the PKG blog as they come up and check more of their ponderings on their own. The revolution will be blogged about…
Ajani Charles
a j a n i photography: digital image solutions
Ajani Charles is a published digital photographer and filmmaker based in Toronto -- the Canadian city famed for its cultural diversity and the creative dynamism of its artistic community.
A graduate of the nationally acclaimed Claude Watson Arts Program, Ajani also apprenticed at the Toronto School of Art and the Art Gallery of Ontario. The mentoring and rigorous training he received at these institutions fertilized his natural talent, shaping him into a versatile and always evolving artist who is well versed in portrait, editorial, glamour, fashion, documentary, product/advertising, architectural, landscape and fine art photography.
For Ajani the camera is a medium for self-expression and photography the ideal art form for capturing the ineffable beauty of people, objects, and landscapes. Though his images bear the distinctive stamp of his unique regard and sensibility, his work evidences an eclectic panoply of influences which includes Markus Klinko and Indrani, Jill Greenberg, Yousuf Karsh, Ansel Adams, Alexander Rodchenko, Richard Avedon, André Kertesz, David LaChapelle, Steven Spielberg, Hype Williams, Zack Snyder, Martin Scorsese, Annie Leibovitz, and Jamel Shabazz.
Ajani's work has been displayed at the Skills Canada Photographic Skills Competition where he was awarded a medal for the technical polish of his images as a teenager. His photographs have also been exhibited in such venues as the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art, The New Era Flagship Store and the Koffler Gallery among others. In addition, Ajani has gained considerable notoriety in the Greater Toronto Area through his first photographic documentary, Project T Dot -- a visual chronicle of the city's Hip-Hop culture and community in its entirety through a wide-ranging collection of intimate and dramatic black and white photographs.
Ajani counts among his many and varied clients H&M, Canadian Newswire Group, The Torstar Corporation (Eye Weekly, Sway Magazine, etc.), The Hudson’s Bay Company, Universal Music Group, ICON Digital Productions, Christian Dior, Fashion Cares, York University, Holt Renfrew, Gridcast Media, The Manifesto, The Burgundy-Brick Foundation, Dynamic Hospitality, Triple Threat Entertainment, PKG, The Urban Music Association of Canada, Habitat For Humanity, DreamNow, Mobile Jam Fest, Abort Media Publishing Corp., Burger King, SBC Media, Swagg News, The Canadian, The AIDS Committee of Toronto, Auction Wire, Green Shag, Hip-Hop Canada, The Toronto Independent Music Awards, Cream World Magazine, Voice Marketing, Uniq Lifestyle, Contra Magazine, N4E1, and The Chris Bosh Foundation.
Katie Garnham
red bird suite
the bumbling adventures of a student of fashion
I hate answering those ‘who are you? what is your story?’ kind of questions because it always feels like an elementary school assignment: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Well, I’m 26, approaching adulthood (hah!) and I still don’t know.
But I’ve narrowed it down a bit thanks to trial and error: I grew up in Paradise, Alberta, commonly referred to as ‘Jasper’ and am lucky enough to still call it home. At 20, I moved to Edmonton and made my way through an undergraduate degree, working a few jobs here and there, neglecting an itch I needed to scratch.
Edmonton proved too tired and too small for my wandering eye and laid-back sensibilities, not to mention my love of art, design, fabric, clothing, and culture. So in October 2010, I found myself enrolled at the Visual College of Art and Design in Vancouver in a Fashion Design program, scratching that itch.
It was then that I opened the Suite to keep my too-often neglected writing skills in use and to string along some kind of chronicle of these bumbling adventures on the coast.
Call me Katie.
Brennan Schnell
The sly smile, the bloody finger, the crowd bouncing up and down to the rhythm of bass drum, thumping, again, again, and again are moments that make memories, moments that are eventually forgotten as festivals come to an end, when the lights turn on again, when the band leaves the stage. Then it's gone, the memory starts to fade, the details become blurs.
One snap, and another click, and that moment is etched into a memory for life. It's why I picked up the camera, and it's why I take the photos that I do. Concert photography is real, and hundreds of thousands of photos later, the memory lives on.
Briefed
Giving you Vancouver’s Best
“Briefed is the trusted advisor for the professional man's social life. Each weekday we'll send you a new recommendation on Vancouver's best or undiscovered bars, restaurants, events, activities and swag.
Who cooks the best steak in the city? Who has the best whisky and foreign beer selection? Did you hear about that DJ school in Gastown? Where should a guy go to meet Ms. Right (or right now)?
No more long winded reviews from pretentious, generic and boring city guides. We wade through the crap and only suggest the best. Whether classy or debaucherous, our recommendations are always with a purpose and never posted just to fill space.”