# Garden Hose Guns 'Design Reaktor Berlin' Pairs Young Designers With Industrial Companies By TrendHead | Published 2009-03-02 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garden-guns-the-design-reaktor-berlin-matches-industrial-companies-with-des References: [ilovebadthings](http://www.ilovebadthings.com/2009/02/garden-gun-51.html) & [design-reaktor.de](http://design-reaktor.de/konzept_en.html) This is a garden gun. What a brilliant example of an innovative design that makes gardening more fun by the simple appliance of a gun shape on a water hose. It's perfect for a game of water fighting with the kids as well! The + Garden Gun 5.1 design was part of a project called The Design Reaktor Berlin. The project is a multi-disciplinary research project at the Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts). They want to encourage collaborations and match innovative designers' skills with small and medium-sized companies to find new solutions to industrial design and locations in Berlin. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.8/10 - Popularity: 55% | Activity: 82% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Garden Hose Guns:** Innovative designs that combine the functionality of garden hoses with playful shapes that enhance the user experience and provide opportunities for water play. - **Design Collaboration:** Emphasizing multi-disciplinary research in industrial design that partners innovative designers with companies to find new solutions for industrial design. - **Location-centric Design:** Exploring the use of location to inform industrial design and product development, with designers collaborating with local companies to draw inspiration from and create products that meet specific community needs. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Outdoor Recreation:** Designing outdoor products that enhance the user experience through combining form, function, and playfulness to create innovative, fun designs that promote outdoor activity and play. - **Industrial Design:** Collaborating with small and medium-sized companies to find disruptive innovation opportunities that bring sleek and playful designs to the marketplace. - **Community-based Design:** Creating location-centric designs that take inspiration from the local community, partnering with small and medium-sized companies to create products that meet specific needs and demands in different regions. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Triple-Aerator Outdoor Shower Heads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ffqt-outdoor-shower.md) - [High-Performance Garden Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garden-solutions.md) - [Synchronous Firing Water Guns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/synchronous-firing-water-gun.md) - [Power-Free Water Blasters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spyralx.md) - [Minimalist Ultra-Durable Garden Hoses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/goodland-everlasting-garden-hose.md) - [Playful Garden-Inspired Gin Bottles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whimsical-watering-can.md) - [Outdoor Water Sink Stations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/waterworks.md) - [Natural Material Gardening Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garden-collection.md) - [Water Connection Architectural Installations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/aquatecture.md)