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Ossed Collector by Julius Szabo Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design

The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Julius Szabo for agricultural tools, farming equipment and machinery design

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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Ossed Collector by Julius Szabo, designed for Julius Szabó, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

What the Bronze A' Design Award Means

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

Regarding Ossed Collector

As Leonardo Da Vinci said, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. The collector called Ossed, on the contrary to common perception, collects the fruits or autumn leaves as a safety net before they fall on the ground. Instead of human effort it utilizes the power of nature such as gravitation, wind, rain, freeze and warmth of the sunshine. This collector enables to harvest the ripe fruit continuously in every weather. The fruits are protected not only from fall damages, but also from molds, bugs and worms.

About Julius Szabo

Julius Szabó is a product designer living in Trstice, Slovakia. His main fields of interest are lighting products and machinery design. Some of his works participated in Slovak National Prize for Design 2017 and 2021. In 2020, his Power Hammer Buchar MC.B5 was awarded Bronze A' Design Award in Prosumer Products, Tools, and Machinery Design Category. In 2021, his collector called Ossed was selected for the exhibition of Slovak National Prize for Design 2021 and in 2022 the collector was awarded Bronze A' Design Award in Agricultural Tools, Equipment and Machinery Design Category.

Award Record

Julius Szabo is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards span the editions from 2019 - 2020 to 2021 - 2022 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design Award

The A' Agricultural Equipment Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good design in agricultural equipment and farming tools worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to agricultural equipment designers, farm machinery engineers, industrial designers and innovators from all countries. Entries typically include tractors, harvesters, plows, irrigation systems, seeders and sprayers. Awarded agriculture equipment designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/agricultural-equipment

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Ossed Collector
Function
Collector
Category
Agricultural Tools, Farming Equipment and Machinery Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Manufacturing
Colors
Dark Olive Green, Sienna, Cornflower Blue, Sky Blue and Saddle Brown
Images
5
Client
Julius Szabó

The Recognition

Laureate
Julius Szabo
Country
Slovakia
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#126238

Design Details

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.
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.
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.
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.
Realization and 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.
Operation and Interaction
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.
Project Duration and Location
The project started in February 2019 and finished in May 2021 in Trstice, Slovakia.
Specifications
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.
Keywords
Collector, autumn leaves, fall, garden, fruit, palinka, spirits, ossed

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