Design and Architecture
The Meaningful Object
Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." DnA examines what makes a meaningful object.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenEric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." But what is a meaningful object? In the season of gift-giving, we will find out, with Eric Alan, Rhonda Voo, Jeremy Levine, Joel Chen, Lorca Cohen, Simon Doonan, Jonathan Adler, Oliver Furth, Lee Kaplan, Brent Gordon and Cory Lashever.
Banner image: Sophia, Mirabelle, Lily, and mother Rhonda Voo. Photo by Ethan Pines
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