Wynwood Arts District is home to more than 70 art galleries, antique shops, eclectic bars, and one of the largest open-air street-art installations in the world. With that in mind, a mural on our new store seemed like the perfect idea. Buwalda spent four days completing the detailed, black-and-white mural on the exterior wall of […]
DETROIT MOVING FORWARD: TALKING SHOP WITH WATCH ASSEMBLY SUPERVISOR WILLIE HOLLEY
Learn more about Willie and his career at Shinola below. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”1525″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Inside the watch factory. How old are you and where did you grow up? I’m 28. I grew up on Hayes and Outer Drive on the East side of Detroit. I graduated from Cass Technical High School. After high school, I tried to get […]
CLAIMING DETROIT: WRITE A HOUSE WINNER CASEY ROCHETEAU ON MAKING THE MOVE EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT
We interviewed Rocheteau who is a poet that moved from New York to Detroit once she won the first Write A House home last November. Read the interview below. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”1251″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”style”:”font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;”,”title”:””,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Casey Rocheteau (Pictured). It’s been a little over a year since you moved into your house, does it finally feel like home? Absolutely. The house […]
MEET TWO DESIGNERS BEHIND OUR HOLIDAY ORNAMENT SERIES
At Shinola, there’s nothing we love more than collaborating with other brands who support independent designers. So for this year’s second annual Holiday Ornament Collection, it only made sense to partner with WorkOf again. WorkOf helped us tap into an unbelievably talented network of great American designers who each designed a unique ornament for our […]
Q & A with WorkOf for our Holiday Ornament Series
Over 30 of the country’s most talented makers and designers have each created one-of-a-kind decorative objects for this special collaboration. Proceeds will benefit MOCAD, The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. We interviewed WorkOf Founder Charlie Miner and Creative Director Isaac Friedman-Heiman to learn more about the the New York startup and their big plans for […]
Q & A with Downtown Boxing Gym
Downtown Boxing Gym’s youth program is a safe haven for local kids from Detroit’s toughest neighborhoods, and is a program being replicated all over the world. Kids aged 7-18 are given strong academic support, a demanding boxing program, and a connection to the community through voluntary service. “Boxing is the ‘hook’ to get and keep […]
CELEBRATE MAKERS MONDAY
For three years now, we have asked people to pledge to buy maker on November 30th, and to share that pledge along with their hand-crafted purchases on their social networks. Even if you haven’t pledged, there’s still time to join us. Visit our Makers Monday website to discover makers across the US and the UK […]
Your Guide to (Stress-Free) Gift Giving
To make gifting super easy we’ve crafted a quick-guide of well-made goods guaranteed to delight any recipient. Avoid resorting to less than stunning gift options. Take a cue from our list below. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”1184″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”title”:””,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] MENS WATCH The Runwell is our flagship style; making it a perfectly classic gift that will impress with its simplicity and timeless […]
A World Champion Craftsman: A Conversation with John Golomb
Shinola and John Golomb collaborated to produce a collectible pair of leather boxing gloves for The Muhammad Ali Center Watch Collection. Click here to purchase the gloves, and read on for more from John. John Golomb is a renowned leather craftsman who helped revolutionize the sport of boxing with the invention of the thumbless glove. […]
Photographing the Greatest : A Conversation with Thomas Hoepker
Three limited edition prints of Hoepker’s Ali photographs accompany the watch along with a letter from Hoepker himself. Muhammad Ali is still to this day one of the best athletes in boxing history, notorious for telling the world he was “The Greatest.” As an American icon known for more than just his brilliance in the […]