Nevada Week: The Office of Collecting and Design

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

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Society & Culture, Places & Travel

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Oreck has spent the last 30 years collecting odd and forgotten objects. Now, they’re all beautifully curated and on display in the Office of Collecting and Design in Las Vegas. This episode is part of Nevada Week, where we bring you stories from the Silver State. Find out more about cool things to see, do and experience in the state by visiting Travel Nevada at https://travelnevada.com/ LEARN MORE about The Office of Collecting and Design here: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/office-of-collecting-and-design

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0:00.0	What is that one?
0:02.0	What is that one?
0:04.0	That's metal bits which is hard it's hard to explain what that is but this one is
0:08.3	teeth. Okay and and true to its, there are all different kinds of teeth related things in there, like
0:17.1	dental molds and actual teeth.
0:20.6	My grandfather's wisdom teeth, some Gaboon Viper Fangs.
0:24.0	I'm Dylan Thuris, and this is Atlas Obscura.
0:28.0	A celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.
0:32.0	We've got... incredible and wondrous places.
0:36.0	We've got dull alarms. And that's Jessica O'Rick.
0:38.0	Jessica has spent the last 30 years or so
0:41.0	collecting odd and forgotten objects.
0:43.8	I have a collection of boxes that are too small to hold anything,
0:48.2	a collection of animals that have only three legs.
0:51.1	For years, Jessica tucked her collection into tins and boxes and her
0:55.8	dresser drawers and then she carded it with her from apartment to apartment.
0:59.8	But she's finally decided to share it with the world.
1:03.0	Today we're going to Las Vegas, to the office of collecting and design.
1:08.0	More after this. First, who are you?
1:24.0	My name's Jessica Oric.
1:27.0	Am I supposed to say more about myself?
1:30.0	I don't know.
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