the salt preserved meat portions of boris mogilevsky’s ‘preserved exp. 25/1/2111’

‘preserved exp. 25/1/2111’, created by israeli designer boris mogilevsky, began with research into using plain table salt as a raw material for functional industrial design.

for centuries, salt has been used as a method of food preservation. recognizing that under high pressure, table salt grains fuse to a hard form of solid salt, mogilevsky combined these two concepts in exploring a compression molding technique to create individual portions of solid salt capsules containing preserved meat steaks.hard enough to keep the meat sealed inside, the continuing drying and preservation of the meat enables it to stay edible for many years.

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 the logo imprinted onto each piece

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 the breaking

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 releasing the meat

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 preparing the aluminum mold for pressing

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 compression process

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 outcome

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 first attempts: hammer pressed salt

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 machine press attempts, using higher pressure

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 aluminum, led lights and meat inserts, and lathe processing

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 pressing in to steel tube mold

boris mogilevsky: preserved exp. 25/1/2111 led and halogen salt lamps

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