The Artisan Database is a record of India’s artisans built from Object’s reporting: names, looms, materials, wages and routes, gathered in workshops and homes over years. Most artisans in India are unregistered and have no organised data. We are changing that one entry at a time.
As a researcher, you will call artisans, master weavers and collectives to fill gaps in their records, and check every entry against the story it came from. You will work with Object’s reporters to turn their field notes into usable detail, from who to meet to when to visit. Nothing goes up without the artisan’s consent, and you will be the person who asks for it.
You should be a careful listener and a stickler for facts. Fluency in at least one Indian language besides Hindi or English matters more to us than a degree. Experience in journalism, oral history or the craft sector is a plus.
Location: Mumbai · Type: Contract / Full-time
To apply, write to tad@journeyofobjects.com with a short note on a craft or place you know well.
The Artisan Database and Journeyes, its travel arm, are two websites built on Object’s reporting on Indian craft. We need a designer who can carry Object’s eye for craft and luxury into pages people use every day, on a phone as much as a laptop.
You will design artisan cards, journey pages and product pages. You will work closely with our Lead Designer and developer so that each design holds up on mobile and in Webflow. You will also handle photography from the field and from the print magazine, so it looks right on screen.
Show us work where restraint did the heavy lifting. Experience with editorial or e-commerce sites, and with Figma and Webflow, is a plus.
Location: Mumbai · Type: Contract / Full-time
To apply, write to tad@journeyofobjects.com with your portfolio.