Petz Scholtus
Petz left Luxembourg in 2000 to study eco-design at Goldsmiths College in London, trying to figure out what it’s really all about and how green she could make things. Her work took her from London to the small Tanzanian island Pemba, the Netherlands and to Barcelona where she has been working as a freelance eco designer since 2004, and writing for TreeHugger since 2005. Some of her design projects are the StuffBump and We Need More Trees cards.
Petz believes in design for people, planet and profit, connecting people and eating local food. She loves simplicity, good design and fairness, making practical and fun things, bringing people together (the more the better), travelling, speaking 5.5 languages, scuba diving, the Eden Project in Cornwall, open air parties, and her wormcompost on the balcony.
Apart from designing sustainable products, services and concepts, Petz is also a teacher at various design schools, (re)started the eco-design network o2Spain with some friends, founded the R3project, brought PechaKucha Nights to Barcelona in 2008 and launched the Barcelona Green Map.
To see all of Petz's work, visit her studio Pöko Design.
Latest Stories from Petz Scholtus - Page 17
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F*&king; Recycle, a Poster Collection by Becky Redman
F*&king; Recycle is the latest poster collection by graphic designer Becky Redman. Designed to increase awareness and promote action, the 50 colourful and provoking posters do exactly that. With encouraging messages to get people to recycle everything
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Bread & Butter KING SIZE and the Latest from the Eco Fashion World
This week we visited the 18th edition of Bread & Butter, the leading international trade show for selected fashion brands, alongside more than 99,500 visitors in Barcelona. It definitely deserved the label King Size as it was the biggest one held so
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José González To Embark On Green Tour in Spring, in Partnership with Reverb
It looks like greening tours is all the new rage in the music world. Jack Johnson might have been the first one to do a green tour back in 2005. Recently Radiohead set an inspiring example by reducing their environmental impact when on tour by working
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona's Bike Sharing System (Part 2: the Users)
This is Part 2 of our interview series about Barcelona’s bike sharing system Bicing. You can read the first interview with Mayra Nieto from the Barcelona City Council here. To find out what Bicing users thought of their
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Best Foot Forward for Radiohead to Reduce Their Ecological Footprint When on Tour
As mentioned on Hugg the other day, Radiohead is concerned about their ecological footprint, and have partnered up with Oxford based company Best Foot Forward to reduce the carbon emissions. The band says "Touring is very important to us, a large
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The TH Interview: Bicing, Barcelona's Bike Sharing System (Part 1: City Council)
For ten months now, Barcelona's citizens have been riding and sharing 3.000 cute white- and red-coloured bicycles throughout the city. There are over 100.000 subscribers now riding the bikes, from high-heeled women to guys in business-suit and trendy
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Plantable Desk Calendar 2008 by Botanical Paperworks
How about planting some wildflowers every month of this New Year? Canadian based Botanical Paperworks' Plantable Eco Calendar guides you through 2008 with its handmade monthly desk calendar that "creates beauty and leaves nothing behind but
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2008 Diaries- from Recycled to Social and Paperless.
It is the first of January, which means it's time to leave the worn-out diary behind and open up a new one. If you haven't found the perfect agenda to start this New Year yet, here are a few fun and practical eco options. From recycled to social
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Local Paper for London: Get your Own (Recycled) Paper Back
We covered the brilliant work of Bioregional before, such as the BedZED eco-housing project and the Laundry, a paper recycling system. Bioregional has developed another recycling scheme at a more local scale, specifically for London and has also applied
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'Eco' is 'Ego' says Alfons Cornella from the Innovation Network InfonomÃa
In his series 2020: Possible Futures, Alfons Cornella, founder and president of the Spanish innovation network InfonomÃa, says: "'eco' is 'ego', it is time we get out of prehistory".
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Green Roofs for Animal Homes
Stephanie Rubin, owner and designer of Sustainable Pet Design, fused her love for animals, her talent for landscape design and an environmental responsibility into Greenerrroof Animal Homes.
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Escape From Diab, a Video Game to Prevent Childhood Obesity and Related Illnesses
We previously wrote about how design can improve life for those affected by diabetes, a life threatening disease that is responsible for almost 3 million yearly deaths worldwide, according to WHO. And the numbers are growing. WHO estimates that by
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Jova Design: Dutch-Nepalese Fair Trade Jewelery
This is a sneak preview of a gorgeous jewellery collection and bags named Jova Design. It’s a joined project between the Ducth fair trade organisation Tilingo Nepra, Dutch Design in Development (DDiD) and jewellery designer Joanne Zwart.
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Plants Power Bel-Air, a New Air Filtering System by Mathieu Lehanneur
We featured plants that improve indoor air quality before but these modern looking objects, designed by Parisian designer Mathieu Lehanneur, take air-filtering a step further. Bel-Air is ‘a domestic spacecraft’ whose live plant absorb the toxic
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Bamboo + Ambulance = Bambulance for Kenya
The Canadian charity Design For Development Society (DFD) fights poverty with design. How? By coming up with design solutions together with communities in developing countries that can be developed and sustained locally. DFD's aim is to "reduce
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WWF's Deeper Luxury Report Tells Celebrities What Not To Spend Their Money on
The Deeper Luxury Report, launched by WWF today, ranks luxury companies such as L'Oréal, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Tod's, Tiffany & Co or Swatch, and asks celebrities not to promote dirty brands. Never before has such an analysis been carried
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play rethink and Make the Stuff that Surround You Eco-Friendlier
If you’re not into sharing ideas but more the copyright kind of person, this game is not for you. It is however for creative people that like to discuss their ideas. Rethink Games Ltd., run by Lili Larratea and Caroline Barnett in London, are launching
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Positiveflow Give A Visible and Clear Identity to Energy
Positiveflow is a design and research group, aiming to encourage a more conscious use of energy for more sustainable living. The Milan based group believes that design projects can help give a visible and clear identity to energy, which in turn reduces
