Profiles Archives - Page 11 of 14

MEET TWO DESIGNERS BEHIND OUR HOLIDAY ORNAMENT SERIES

Posted on 12.07.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

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

Posted on 12.04.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

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

Posted on 12.03.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

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 […]

Photographing the Greatest : A Conversation with Thomas Hoepker

Posted on 11.23.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

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 […]

Makers Monday: the palatines

Posted on 11.16.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

In celebration of Makers Monday we produced a series of Makers Events with our friends at The MiA (Made in America) Project. Today we are happy to share this guest post from MiA Co-Founder Micha Thomas who had the chance to talk with Jessica Taft Langdon, owner and lead designer of the palatines. Read on […]

Q & A with Poet Natasha T. Miller

Posted on 11.10.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

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Makers Monday: Detroit Rose Candle Co.

Posted on 11.06.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

In the spirit of celebrating local makers, we sat down with Detroit local, Deirdre Skiles, founder of Detroit Rose Candle Co., to discuss being a maker in Detroit, the meaning of success and her creative process. Detroit Rose Candle Co. specializes in the creation of hand-poured, all-natural candles made with natural vegan-soy wax and premium […]

Take It From A Local: Today Clothing On Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on 06.26.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

On the heels of our latest brick-and-mortar shop, now open on South Main Street in Ann Arbor, we sat down with Kevin Pearson and Eric Hardin—founders of downtown menswear mecca, Today Clothing—to get their take on the must-try-see-and-do destinations in and around their fair city. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”1840″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”653″,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”980″}}]] Since opening its doors on South 4th back in […]

Take It From A Local: Today Clothing On Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on 06.26.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

On the heels of our latest brick-and-mortar shop, now open on South Main Street in Ann Arbor, we sat down with Kevin Pearson and Eric Hardin—founders of downtown menswear mecca, Today Clothing—to get their take on the must-try-see-and-do destinations in and around their fair city. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”264″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”title”:””,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] Since opening its doors on South 4th back in […]

Makers Monday UK: Bellerby & Co. Globemakers

Posted on 06.18.2015 (08.03.2021) by Taylor Rebhan

Shinola and Jocks & Nerds collaborated again to create a unique series of pop-up events in Shinola’s London shop. Peter Bellrby, 50, is an artisan globemaker of Bellerby & Co Globemakers. Where are you from? I grew up in Buckinghamshire. How did you end up making globes? I had intented to buy a globe […]