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 […]
Tag: Profiles
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Detroit Bus Company Gets It Done
Founded in 2009 by Andy Didorosi, who’s only 26 years old, the Detroit Bus Company is a bit of an anomaly in this city—not only do their bio-fuel powered buses fill a rather sizable gap in the Motor City’s mass transit system, but they are a privately-owned company to boot. They’re also a lot of […]
Doing Good In Detroit
Detroit Soup is rapidly becoming the gold standard for how to create community and raise funds for projects that have a direct impact on local issues. We’re talking very local issues, those that have a tangible effect not just on one’s city, but on one’s neighborhood. The concept is simple–participants contribute five dollars at the […]
Meet Our Newest Intern
As our partnership with The College for Creative Studies is always growing, so is our team of Shinola Interns. Meet Meg Jannott, an avid photographer and our newest graphic designer. We gave her the same shakedown as Zach. Where are you from? I’ve spent most of my life in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and I currently […]
Introducing Shinola’s First Intern
Meet Zach Fox, a Product Design major at the College for Creative Studies, a custom-car enthusiast, and Shinola’s very first intern! Name, Age, Where you’re from?Zach Fox. 21, Canton, MI Tell us about your time at CCS thus far. I’ll be graduating with a major in Product Design in 2013. My main interests at school include […]