Growing up in California, artist Louise Chen, better known as “Ouizi“, never planned to live in Detroit. “I kept coming back for more art projects, and eventually stayed because I had more work here than I did in Los Angeles,” she says. After completing more than 40 murals in Detroit since moving here, not counting […]
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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 […]
Illustrating the London Skyline
“I love drawing ornate architecture,” says London-based artist Robin Mackney. “When I started to draw architecture on location, I realized it became a form of meditation.” This month, Robin debuted his first solo exhibition featuring the Skyline Series. We followed him around downtown London as he biked to some of his favorite buildings and sketched them to life in […]
In the Studio: Testing out our new sketch books
It’s easy to feel intimidated by a blank page of paper, but inspiration can happen anywhere. Our American-made, hard linen sketch books were made to experiment with different mediums and materials, and they’re the perfect tool for you to explore your ideas whenever the next great one hits. We spent the day inside The Detroit Wood […]
Get Inspired: Four Tips To Get you Drawing Again
Brooklyn-based illustrator Libby VanderPloeg joins us April 6 in our Tribeca store for a Sip & Sketch event — an event we’re launching at several stores this year where local artists will lead fun workshops to teach you how to create your very own illustrations in our sketchbooks. With clients like Wall Street Journal, Condé […]
For Love of the Written Word — Celebrating Calligraphy in our London Store
Chiara’s book Nib + Ink will make its debut on March 10 and we’ll have copies available at our London store. Join us this Thursday from 6-9 p.m. for a glass of bubbly, and meet author Chiara Perano, who will be creating unique lettering to adorn complimentary journals at our London store (28 Foubert’s Pl, London […]
The Story Of A Notebook
Introducing Dwight Livingstone Curtis, a New York-based writer who’s here to tell us about the many uses of a Shinola notebook. Take it away Dwight: A notebook is more than just a .doc: it’s an artifact, a mark in time, a record of the act of creation. It’s a seismograph for your subway rides […]
The Indefinable Joy Of Paper
Many people have declared that the digital age marks the end of all things paper, including notebooks and journals. But we believe the opposite is true — that the inherent satisfaction of writing into a well-made notebook is more valuable than ever. Maybe it’s the texture of the paper, the feel of a bound journal, […]