Consider this your (in)formal invitation to come hang out in our just opened flagship retail store in Tribeca. We think it’s worth getting excited about, even in a city like New York, which actually (now that we think about it) isn’t like any other city we know of. We have our full line of Shinola […]
The Scout Presents: New York By Bike
Introducing The Scout, a NY-based online magazine which specializes in discovering and illuminating the finest destinations the city has to offer. Leading up to the soon-to-launch Shinola Bike Tour, we asked The Scout to put together two bike tours featuring some of their favorite places in New York. They’ll be talking about the first tour today, and […]
Summer Road Trip To Glen Arbor, MI
Introducing guest writer Meghan McEwen, the genius behind Honor and Folly, Detroit’s finest bed and breakfast. We recently found out that Meghan would be taking a trip “Up North”—a summer ritual which in Michigan-ese means a trip to practically anywhere on the peninsula north of Flint. We thought it would be a fine idea to have Meghan […]
Shinola Bicycle Dealer Spotlight: Einstein Cycles
Traverse City is a gorgeous small town about four hours northwest of our Detroit bicycle workshop. It’s also the largest producer of tart cherries in America, an important Michigan tourist destination, and (most relevant to the topic at hand) home to Einstein Cycles, one of the handful of shops in the country that stock Shinola bicycles. The […]
Shinola Detroit And Drought
The Shinola Detroit Flagship store is our first retail location and the first opportunity for the public to experience our full brand story—from expressing Shinola’s core values and why we make the products we do, to why we are passionate about making them in America. By collaborating with like-minded companies and artists we will communicate […]
The Motor City’s Non-Motorized Future
We don’t like to brag, but according to David Byrne (yes, that David Byrne), Detroit is one of the top eight cities in the world for cycling. We couldn’t agree more. With its wide, lightly-trafficked roads, flat terrain, and over 43 miles of bike lanes, we sometimes wonder why there aren’t more people biking here. […]
Craftsperson Spotlight: Carol Z.
Our American-made leather goods are handcrafted from premium Horween leather by experts at the Missouri-based Eric Scott company. Their skilled craftspeople have decades of experience working with leather, and whenever possible prefer to get it done the old-fashioned way—by hand, which is evident in the hand-sewn whipstitched card pockets inside our Rolltop Backpack and Classic Tote (among other items). Given their exceptional quality […]
The 2013 Detroit Grand Prix
The return of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix in 2012-which had been suspended due to hard economic times four years prior-was more than just a point of pride for Detroiters. It marked a tangible turning point for the city, bringing in nearly 100,000 visitors from all over the world. It also turns out […]
A Visit To Great Lakes Woodworking
We were prepared to scour the country to find a woodworking company able to build custom-designed displays for our watches, leather goods, journals, and bicycles. Turns out we didn’t have to search any farther than our own backyard. Great Lakes Woodworking has been a Detroit fixture for three decades. What started in the garage of co-founder […]
Welcome To Detroit
Detroit is a passionate city, and the community-minded folks here are living examples of what’s possible when industrial ingenuity meets old-fashioned grit and determination. That spirit is what drew us to Detroit in the first place, and it’s why we’re such fierce proponents of this city. But we feel the only way to truly understand […]