# Maneuverable Emergency Barricades The Defender Sandbag is Easy to Handle and Hard on Flood Water By Amelia Roblin | Published 2013-01-11 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/defender-sandbag References: [yankodesign](http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/12/27/so-we-survived-2012/) & [red-dot.sg](http://www.red-dot.sg/) The Defender Sandbag concept gives you a pair of features that you might have thought could not coexist. What we have here is a proposal for a piece of [inundation protection equipment](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cf-mller) that is simultaneously painless to handle and yet quite robust in the face of a nasty flood. Yang Zhaonan, Teng Xuan, Zhen Zhiliang and Zhang Mingxi entered their innovative idea into the 2012 Red Dot Award competition, winning them a Design Concept prize for its ingenuity. The [flat brick-like sacks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-project-ara) are filled with [super absorbent recycled paper](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/artificial-sand) that soaks up the oncoming water and uses it to its advantage. The Defender Sandbag must be oriented with one particular side to the rushing deluge to increase its success. The wet stuffing becomes quite heavy and the wall of stacked sacks stands as an increasingly sturdy blockade. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.0/10 - Popularity: 18% | Activity: 35% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Maneuverable Emergency Barricades:** The concept of maneuverable emergency barricades that are easy to handle and robust in the face of floods presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the field of disaster management. ### Where This Applies - **Inundation Protection Equipment:** The development of innovative inundation protection equipment, such as the Defender Sandbag, presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the field of emergency response and disaster relief. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Flexible Concrete Water Tanks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inflatable-concrete-tanks.md) - [Flatpack Oceanic Lifeboats](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fold-and-rescue-lifeboat.md) - [Resilient Concrete Sea Walls](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/breathing-sea-wall.md) - [Sustainable Sand-Filled Toilets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sandi-toilet.md) - [Ruggedized Rollable Bicycle Mudguards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bicycle-mudguard.md) - [Coastal Concrete Building Materials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/econcrete.md) - [Coastal Erosion Prevention Robots](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sand-robot-concept.md) - [Flood-Defence Nature Parks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cf-mller.md) - [Self-Defence Tubular Inflatable Chairs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/street-seat.md)