A JOURNAL BY SHINOLA DEDICATED TO JOY OF CRAFT

The Champ: From the Finish Line to the Front Lines

THE CHAMP’S CHALLENGE Crowds roaring, confetti flying, and national anthems ringing loud and clear. The podiums and pyrotechnics. The ceremonies and celebrations. There’s nothing like the sheer scale of the summer Olympics. 2020 was supposed to be no different—well, was. Flags were turned in for masks. Spandex was swapped for scrubs. Suddenly, the home team was […]

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Styling Our Dream Apartment in NYC

At WantedDesign, WorkOf created an immersive interior outfitted with objects from 20 of the best contemporary designers, including Shinola. The installation was part of NYCxDesign, a two week city-wide celebration of innovation and beautiful work. Catch the photos below. [[{“type”:”media”,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fid”:”2021″,”attributes”:{“alt”:””,”class”:”media-image”,”height”:”540″,”style”:”font-size: 13.008px; line-height: 1.538em;”,”typeof”:”foaf:Image”,”width”:”960″}}]] View the Small Molded Leather Tray and Shinola Candle used to style the living area. […]

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Makers Monday Returns With An American-Made Comeback

Makers Monday is returning to support American craftsmanship. One year ago, Shinola created the national Makers Monday campaign to celebrate and support the resurgence of American making. This year, with new partners Cool Hunting and New Balance, Shinola is urging consumers to ring in another holiday season by pledging to buy an American-made product on the first Monday after Thanksgiving. If you’re […]

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The City Clock: An American Landmark

“I’ll meet you under the Kern’s clock.”Before the era of cellphones and easy communication, people coordinated meet ups using landmark locations and very specific times. The Kern’s Clock in downtown Detroit provided the convenience of being a landmark whose very function was telling time. With its debut in 1933, the Kern City Clock graced the […]

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The City Clock: An American Landmark

“I’ll meet you under the Kern’s clock.”Before the era of cellphones and easy communication, people coordinated meet ups using landmark locations and very specific times. The Kern’s Clock in downtown Detroit provided the convenience of being a landmark whose very function was telling time. With its debut in 1933, the Kern City Clock graced the […]

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The Spirit Of Detroit Captured By American Photographer Bruce Weber

In 2013 we introduced you to the craftspeople behind our products, this year our goal is to continue to explore the beauty of manufacturing, while capturing the spirit of Detroit that drove us here in the first place. This led us to Bruce Weber.  Responsible for some of the most memorable fashion campaigns of our age, Weber returned to […]

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Meet Our Creative Director, Daniel Caudill

Meet recent Detroit transplant Daniel Caudill. As Shinola’s Creative Director, it’s no exaggeration to say that even the most seemingly minute detail of Shinola begins with him.  Although everything at Shinola is the result of collaboration, it’s safe to say that none of it would exist without Daniel’s enthusiasm and imagination.  We’re lucky to have […]

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From The Big Apple To The Motor City

Meet recent Detroit transplant Bridget Russo. She singlehandedly coordinates Shinola’s marketing efforts from our company headquarters on the fifth floor of the historic Argonaut building.  A dyed-in-the-wool New Yorker, Bridget moved to the Motor City from Tribeca New York last year because she believes it would be insincere to direct the company’s marketing efforts from […]

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Meet David, Our Bike Guy In New York

Meet David Kirby, our resident bike expert in the Shinola flagship New York store, seen (handsomely) riding The Runwell in the above photo. Starting in September, he will be leading a bike tour every Saturday evening from the Tribeca store (177 Franklin St.) that hits points north up the West Side Highway. We recently had the pleasure […]

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