This Spring we’re launching new colors for both our fresh leather designs and popular classics. We’ll continue to bring you new color options throughout the season, but for now, take a look at our two new favorites — Chili Pepper and Ocean, alongside Shinola’s timeless standbys: bourbon and deep brown. Ocean [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”3170″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Ocean is a […]
#LoveMyCity London with Garconjon
Jonathan Daniel Price, better known as Garconjon, is a London-based photographer specializing in fashion and street photography. In 2014, he launched a project we connected closely with called Man/Men: Manufacturing Menswear, a journal of British craftsmanship that profiles the industry leaders behind British manufacturing and high quality menswear still being produced in the UK. We […]
Meet the Maker: MDI Manufacturing Inc.
Mark Daugherty has always been good with his hands. He built a wildly innovative company by learning to manipulate sophisticated machinery, but his most precious tools are still the two he started out with. “I didn’t come from money,” Mark said. “When I was a kid, I sold newspapers until I had enough cash to […]
Metro Detroit Record Store Roundup
We launched the new Shinola Audio division because we’re continuously motivated by Motown’s incredible history, and we want to contribute to that legacy. Through good times and bad, music has united our town. Whether you’re just beginning to collect vinyl or you’ve got stacks of records at home, we hope the Runwell Turntable inspires you to go […]
In the Studio with Detroit Artist Ellen Rutt
Ellen Rutt is a multidisciplinary-artist and designer whose desire was to steep her identity as an artist in the spirit of Detroit, so she chose to locate her studio within an old warehouse in Milwaukee Junction, just east of New Center. While outsiders might not think of this area as an attractive place to explore, many […]
#GiveQuality: Last Minute Holiday Gifts
For all those out there still scrambling to find the perfect holiday gift this season, sit back and look no further. We’ve compiled a list of all our favorite gifts to make it easy for you to click, purchase, and ship it off to your destination of choice. We’ll even gift wrap your purchase, free […]
Meet the Maker: VPI Industries
To engineer The Runwell Turntable, Shinola partnered with VPI Industries, the premier American maker of turntables. The family-owned and operated company was founded almost 40 years ago in the basement of Harry and Sheila Weisfeld. The young couple didn’t intend to revolutionize turntable industry—the music made them do it. As the story goes, Harry, a […]
Men’s Lookbook with The Everyday Man
Glasgow is the biggest city in Scotland and one of the most up-and-coming places to live and visit in Europe. Our watches and leather goods can now be found here inside Glasgow’s popular 18Montrose shop, in addition to our London store. We asked lifestyle blogger John Robertson from The Everyday Man to style a few of his favorite products for his […]
Meet the Maker: Graphic Image
Mystery still shrouds the origins of the piggy bank. According to one legend, during the Middle Ages, people would store or hide their coins in jars made out of an inexpensive clay called “pygg.” They called these jars “pygg pots” and eventually “pygg banks.” By the 18th century, the general public long forgot that “pygg” […]
A Look Inside Our Leather Factory
It hums, it beeps, it buzzes, it clangs — but only the artisans in blue lab coats can make Shinola’s leather factory sing. The team, 66 in total, is made up of people of all ages, from all walks of life and nearly every industry from automotive to healthcare to hospitality. Their one common thread […]