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 19
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Timtimxtimtim- Step by Step Recycled & Educational Design
Timtimxtimtim (pronounced ‘tim tim por tim tim’) is a Portuguese expression which translates into something like ‘step by step’, just like their peculiar web site. These designers are all about recycling with a twist and a very social side to things.
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Kubik Barcelona: Djs & Funky Lights in a Recycled Pop-Up Club.
This summer Barcelona, along with Berlin and Lisbon, has yet again added a unique experience to its party scene, this time with a green touch. What happens when you stack 275 reused water tanks on top of each other, put a separate light in each one and
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Damaris & Marc, Fun & Local Sustainable Design from Barcelona
Finally, fun & sexy eco design is available not just in New York and London but has made it to Barcelona. Damaris & Marc are the two local designers who create and produce their designs themselves, to make sure the materials they use are as sustainable
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Face Your Elephant!
Never faced your Carbon Elephant? Well, it’s actually quite cute! Check out this brilliant animation by Chris Tozer as a response to the Step by Step Guide to Climate Cool competition launched by D&AD;. Via ::Vivir Verde ::Face Your
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A Simple Switch Campaign by Philips
Have you made the switch? For tips on how to or the powerful impact on global warming of your light bulb switching actions, check out Philips’ beautiful online campaign A Simple Switch, launched last month. There are quizzes, hints & tips, a glossary and
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Windows With Water Reduce the Need for Cooling by 70%
We all know double glazing drastically reduces heating and cooling costs as well as noise levels. Still, glass heats up in the summer which is far from attractive when you’re inside a glass building. However, nobody wants to give up the beauty of such
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Gorgeous No Child Labour Carpets by Nani Marquina
We wish to say congratulations to Nani Marquina for 20 years (watch video here) of brilliant work in the world of carpets! We mentioned Nani Marquina’s carpet collection made from recycled bicycle inner tubes and the Emiliana felt slippers but it’s
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Sparks Install Green Grass in London to Provoke Convocation
Looking down from the formal heights of The Economist offices, a green carpet invites you to come out and take a break. A lush grass installation of 40 square meters fills this little bit of London with a relaxed atmosphere and invites you to gather on
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Venus Albir, the First Eco Hotel in Spain
More and more eco-hotels are opening up around the world, like the no frills eco-chic one (soon to be) in Montreal, the one planned for NYC or the Brando for holidays on a green paradise island. If you’re looking for eco accommodation in Europe, check
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New Stylish & Green Notecards by ReadyMade
Why not shut down your email for an hour or two and write some notecards to catch up with your correspondence? This is what Mike at ReadyMade suggests while putting the old issues of their bi-monthly magazine to good use. ReadyMade, for people who like
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New Network for Eco Innovation: eco-i net
Because ‘the global market for sustainable technologies is set to grow to $700 billion by 2010’ and ‘Walmart, Tesco and Marks & Spencer are implementing high profile eco-innovation programmes’, the Centre for Sustainable Design have set up the eco-i
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Plastic Ain't My Bag: The Launch by We Are What We Do
Remember We Are What We Do who Change the World for a Fiver? Well, their first action in their book to change the world was to refuse plastic bags. They took their own advice a step further and launched the campaign Plastic Ain't My Bag in the UK.
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Skunkfunk: Bamboo & Soybean Clothes from Spain
Greening your wardrobe is easier said than done, especially here in Europe. We found some great European eco shoes (see here, here and here) but when it comes to clothes, we had to mainly shop online, until recently. Skunkfunk decided to bring bamboo,
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Vandana Shiva & Why We Need More Trees (exclusive video footage)
We had the pleasure to meet a true treehugger in Barcelona this weekend: Vandana Shiva. She's also a physicist, philosopher, eco-feminist and writer from India, who participates, together with Al Gore, in building a "green barrier" of 100 Million trees
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Woodloops, Pure FSC Furniture
What happens when a product designer/carpenter gets together with a forester? –Sustainable furniture. Since 2003 René Müller and Nina Griesshammer work under their company's name Woodloops based in Germany and Spain. Beautifully sculpted wooden shapes
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Better Thinking's Issue #2: Transparency in Businesses
Better Thinking, the ethical branding company’s second issue is all about Transparency (see the first issue here). ‘When businesses talk about the need to be transparent, it is generally assumed that this is for the benefit of investors and the
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Al Gore & Vandana Shiva at the 1st International Meeting for Friends of Trees in Spain
The objective of the event is to
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Dennis Dollens Grows Architecture: Podhotels and Spiral Bridges
When somebody talks about sustainability without using the word ‘eco’ or ‘green’, I’d say they are one step ahead of our time. Dennis Dollens has definitely one foot in the future as he’s growing living buildings. His work is about Biomimetics as a way
