Ossed Collecteur by Julius Szabo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Bronze in Équipement Agricole Competition Category.

BronzeÉquipement Agricole· 2022

Ossed Collecteur

by Julius Szabo

Client: Julius Szabó

A' Design Award de Bronze Winner in Équipement Agricole Category

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The Design

About Ossed Collecteur

Comme le disait Léonard de Vinci, la simplicité est la sophistication ultime. Le collecteur appelé Ossed, contrairement à la perception commune, collecte les fruits ou les feuilles d'automne comme un filet de sécurité avant qu'ils ne tombent au sol. Au lieu de l'effort humain, il utilise le pouvoir de la nature comme la gravitation, le vent, la pluie, le gel et la chaleur du soleil. Ce collecteur permet de récolter les fruits mûrs en continu par tous les temps. Les fruits sont protégés non seulement des dommages causés par les chutes, mais aussi des moisissures, des insectes et des vers.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Bronze

Ossed Collecteur est lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze, une reconnaissance hautement prestigieuse décernée à des designs remarquables qui se distinguent par leur créativité, leur ingéniosité et leur sagacité. Les lauréats Bronze sont des artefacts amplement habiles et d'une créativité frappante, qui authentifient la vaste expérience, l'imagination et l'ingéniosité de leurs concepteurs. Ossed Collecteur est censé être un objet très estimé, admiré et chéri, remarquablement professionnel et innovant. Ce design lauréat de l'A' Design Award de Bronze intègre les meilleures pratiques de l'art, de la science, du design et de la technologie, et est excellent par son souci du détail. Ossed Collecteur satisfait admirablement les besoins, touche les désirs, charme les sentiments et attire la curiosité.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The collector called Ossed, on the contrary to common perception, collects the fruits or autumn leaves before they fall on the ground. Instead of human effort it utilizes the power of nature: gravitation, wind, rain, freeze.
Dimensions & Packaging: Considering the tree crown diameter, three sizes were developed: S with diameter of 2,5 m; M with 4,5 m and L with 6,5 m diameter.
Tags: Collector, autumn leaves, fall, garden, fruit, palinka, spirits, ossed
Production Technology: Focusing on sustainability the usage of plastic materials was minimized for those cases, where organic materials could not be used as an alternative. The base was made of stainless-steel plate using laser cut and common machinery methods to achieve precision, however the wooden parts were hand-crafted from local hardwood.
Design Challenge: The most challenging part of the development was to find the right materials that allow the adjustment of the collector to unique shape and size of every single tree. It was crucial to make a sustainable, durable and lightweight product.
Research: The development was led by strong motivation to help my parents with garden work, along this process 16 various concepts and prototypes were tested. Keeping in mind the environment of use, the colour selection takes into account the behaviour of the birds, preventing them to be entangled in the net. Since the Ossed enables to harvest the ripe fruit 24/7, there was a big demand on this kind of solution from individuals producing fruit spirits. It has long tradition in Central Europe coming from the Middle Ages.
Inspiration: As for the son of elderly parents, the main inspiration was to develop a tool that would minimize the increasingly demanding work in the garden for them. Not only the elder people living in a countryside find this device handy, but it can also help to keep clean the green balconies, that are becoming more popular even in big cities.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 and finished in May 2021 in Trstice, Slovakia.
Operation Flow: While developing Ossed the goal was to keep its usability as simple as possible without the need of using any tool. The installation is intuitive and the adjustments are achieved by hooks, drawstrings, bungee cords, hook & loop and rope tighteners.