A JOURNAL BY SHINOLA DEDICATED TO JOY OF CRAFT

Watches: Behind The Straps

Our watch straps are a perfect example of finding common ground between a truly hand-crafted product, and modern techniques in manufacturing. As with all Shinola wares, both components are equally as important, but finding that balance is never easy. Creating something by hand adds certain characteristics that are extremely difficult to replicate with machinery, which […]

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CCS: A History of Innovation

The Alfred Taubman Center For Design Education, built by Alfred A Kahn in 1928, once was the home for the innovative minds of General Motors and Electrics. Some of the great inventions from automatic transmission to the first heart-lung machine came from this building. Currently, the Taubman Center houses both the College for Creative Studies, […]

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