THE STORY OF THE FRUIT BRIDGE

As an industrial design student, Agota Jonas built the first fruit bridges years ago. She wanted to create a better fruit bowl to keep fruit fresh longer. Because ethylene gas can get trapped inside a bowl, it can speed up the ripening process and ruin those precious avocados before one can enjoy them. This got her thinking.
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"What if we could turn a fruit bowl inside out?"

We can certainly play with and push/pull some positive and negative shapes and test some forms to fit the given function of holding and protecting fruit. In Agota's case, a bridge-like open shape emerged with the most straightforward round patterns. Experimenting with these new fruit stands in the kitchen immediately showed that her tomatoes and avocados remained fresh much longer. Agota started sharing the fruit bridge prototypes with her family.
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Fast forward about 20 years. Today, Agota teaches life-centered design thinking and is busy sharing (biomimicry's) life's principles with her design students. She is passionate about sustainability and regenerative design and firmly believes we can all do our part to help save and revive our environment. She still uses the same old fruit bridges she built long ago, and because they work so well, she wants others to experience and enjoy them, too.

FUN FACTS ABOUT FRUIT BRIDGES
 
These fruit stands are made of food-grade stainless steel, using low-energy building methods: laser cutting, rolling, and hand finishing. Material is not wasted; leftover pieces are reused for other small products (tealight holders, keychains).
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The form fits the intended function; most fruits are round, and like trees, fruit bridges gently hold them with minimum contact.