# Amplifying Songbird Houses Manuela Rammelmeier Designs a Home for Birds to Help Improve City Noise By John Ibbitson | Published 2012-01-13 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/manuela-rammelmeier References: [manufacturisation.tumblr](http://manufacturisation.tumblr.com/post/11123956825/bird-house-for-mintgreenlovers) & [notcot.org](http://www.notcot.org/) Manuela Rammelmeier is a German design student in fourth year who has created this beautiful, postmodern little home for small songbirds. The mint-green box comes with a leather strap to fasten it to a tree or post, but its unique feature is its cone attachment at the front of the birdhouse. Contained within the cone is a wooden perch, and when a bird rests on it and begins to sing, the cone amplifies the bird's chirps so that they can be heard more clearly, whether up close or further away. If you're an avid birdwatcher, you probably also enjoy the beautiful music they make. It's definitely a lot better than all that street noise. Let's hope this inventive, new product by Manuela Rammelmeier goes into production so we can all enjoy some tweets from our feathered friends. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 10% | Activity: 19% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## 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 - **Birdsong Amplification:** The feature of amplifying bird's chirps can be applied in other products such as music instruments or outdoor sound systems. - **Eco-friendly Urban Design:** Designing and creating urban spaces that are pro-nature and help reduce noise pollution can benefit urban communities and the environment as a whole. - **DIY Nature Interaction:** Opportunities to create birdhouses that not only provide a home to birds but also a unique experience for birders can be tapped into to offer new DIY nature interaction tools. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Home and Garden Improvement:** The amplification mechanism can be applied to other types of bird feeders or birdhouses, thus offering new opportunities to bird enthusiasts and home improvement retailers. - **Nature Tourism:** Developing innovative bird watching tools or birdhouse designs can attract new customers to the nature tourism industry, creating a new market or niche. - **Outdoor Retail and Recreation:** The concept of designing pro-nature urban settings and bird-related products can be useful for outdoor retailers and recreation companies seeking to differentiate their brand or tap into new markets. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Birdcage-Inspired Smart Speakers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bird-intelligent-sound-box.md) - [Birdhouse-Integrated Address Signs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/our-common-house.md) - [Interactive Observation Wooden Birdhouses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/domik-ptashki.md) - [Educational Linoleum Birdhouses](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/elvi-birdhouse.md) - [Modernism Birdhouse Exhibitions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dwellings-project.md) - [Home Exterior Nesting Boxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/numbird.md) - [Nature-Inspired Calming Speakers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/whistle-speaker.md) - [Sustainable Bird House Feeders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bamboo-bird.md) - [Bird-Inspired Earbud Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tweettunes.md)