It was a bet. A gross bet. My friends Jane and Caitlin put money down to have me eat a grasshopper, stinky tofu, starfish, seahorse and worst of all: a scorpion during my visit to Asia. While in China, I convinced my three travel buddies, Carlea, Ash and Ben to join in the fun and [...]

The logo. It’s one of the most important and key aspects of any company and successful marketing. As Backpack with Brock has grown quite substantially in the past year, it was time to step things up a notch and get a real, snazzy logo. Enter: Charles – The Designer. After bouncing ideas back and a [...]

Toronto, my home, is my favourite city in the world. Full Stop. Take a few minutes and take a look at Toronto through the lens of Ben Lean, a videographer who created this short film of Toronto which he refers to as ‘The City in Motion – Life in the Fast Lane. Stunning.