The project was made as part of a post graduate academic study in the M.Des program in Industrial Design - About Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
The name – 105 – was given after a 105mm tank shell. It deals with creating a physical expression, to a personal feeling, which treats a weapon - in this case a 105mm tank shell – as an extension of the body, another organ that grew during combat. Once the combat is over, all that is left is a hollow feeling, a void.
The project is based on my experience, after participating in armed conflicts during my service as a tank gunner in the armored corps of the IDF.
The first step was stripping the shell in search for the core essence. Then, a
morphological study was made in order to preserve the DNA, and implement it into new objects, which in fact are a series of temporary fixings.
The first objects of the series use a metal tightening band, and in the more evolutionary advanced ones it is replaced with a leather straps – which charge the objects with another
layer of meaning – the Jewish Tefillin.
The Tefillin are a traditional set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by practicing Jews during morning prayers.
Although each object may be used on the body, there was no ergonomic consideration
during the design process, so it would be uncomfortable to use.

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Photography - Gidon Levin