A JOURNAL BY SHINOLA DEDICATED TO JOY OF CRAFT

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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