The ceramics industry has a history that dates back to 24,000 BC. It’s impressive to think how far the art form has come when viewing the pottery masterpieces of today. “There’s a certain immediacy to clay…it’s easy to make ceramic objects and sculptures, but developing the skills to make them well can be extremely difficult,” […]
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DETROIT POET NATASHA T. Miller SPEAKS ON HER LOVE FOR THE MOTOR CITY
Somewhere in the Projects. There’s a kid working On a project. To projectTo the world. He livesin a city that Grows boys and girls into Lions and tigers. A city that takes the fire and the ashesbuilds rebuildsturns abandoned houses andempty fields into things worth looking at. A place that never looks backThe center stage of a […]
Shinola Leading Ladies: Vice President of Communications Trish O’Callaghan
Trish O’Callaghan, Shinola’s Vice President of Communications, often starts her weekdays before sunrise with a SoulCycle class. As someone who strives to use every moment of every day to the fullest, this early bird considers juggling work with family while also living in New York City one of her proudest achievements. She landed here at […]
Meet the Makers: Back Forty Woods
Five years ago, Back Forty Woods started as a wood shop and design studio in Eugene, Oregon. It was founded by three brothers with Oregon roots that date back to 1846. Their company’s products have a genuine, Pacific Northwest aesthetic inspired by a deep connection to the land. We fell in love with this company’s story […]
Shinola Leading Ladies: VP of Watch Product Development Shannon Washburn
Shannon Washburn’s sweet southern accent can be detected any time she speaks, but it’s enhanced when she shares memories from her career and international travels. Her cheerful spirit and dedication to helping others are just some of the qualities that led her to a succesful career as Shinola’s VP of Watch Product Development. With more […]
Distilling it with Dr. Sonat Birnecker
“For me there’s no such concept as a work/life balance. My life is everything that I do — I throw myself into all of it, and I’m doing it all, all the time,” says Dr. Sonat Birnecker. Eight years ago, Sonat and her husband Dr. Robert Birnecker left their academic careers in Washington D.C., and moved to […]
An Arrow Made of Steel
In 1973, a young woman walked into a Schwinn bike shop in Wisconsin inquiring about a job. A century before, the bicycle had liberated women to move about the world with ease and freedom, yet the manufacturing of bikes was still a male-dominated industry. In this particular midwest establishment where Sky Yaeger wanted to work, […]
Shinola Leading Ladies: Manufacturing VP Jen Guarino
When Shinola’s Detroit leather factory was built in 2014, Vice President of Manufacturing Jennifer Guarino moved her desk from the corporate office space right to the factory floor. “I purposely moved my desk out here because I really like to be where people are working on our products, and I like to be in the […]
Hand-Painted Leather with Artist Mark MacDonald
“I enjoy working with leather because it’s a challenge,” says London-based artist Mark MacDonald. “I enjoy enhancing the unusualness and uniqueness of it.” It is nothing short of mesmerizing to watch leather painter Mark work up-close in action, and once you see it firsthand, you realize it takes way more than a steady hand to execute monogrammed […]
Recipes to Savor Every Last Bit of Summer
Chef Marc Bogoff started Stockyard as a monthly supper club out of a friend’s loft. As the intimate dinners grew in popularity, so did Stockyard. One food truck and three years later, Marc has built a business catering special dinners and parking his food truck at some of Detroit’s most beautiful locations like Old Michigan Theatre, […]