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 2
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Areaware Designs Destined For Flea Markets, Not Landfills
Here are the latest products by Areaware that promise long emotional as well as technical lives and are likely to end up at a flea market rather than landfill. I spotted cute wooden robots and fair-trade recycled bins at the NY Gift Fair.
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Transforming an Old Cooperage into the Hippest Hotel in Brooklyn; the Wythe Hotel (Photos)
The Wythe Hotel in NYC has been designed with an eye for detail and preserving its history. The result: a stunning, hip and truly local place to stay in Brooklyn.
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Element Hotel Times Square - My Stay at the Soon-to-be LEED Certified Hotel in NYC (Photos)
Can hotels be 100% eco-friendly and affordable? I tried out Starwood's Element Hotel in NYC to find out how far a 411-room urban hotel can go green. The result is mostly positive with a few letdowns.
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The Sea Chair Project Turns Fishermen Into Chair-makers and Rids the Ocean of Plastic Waste (Photos)
The ‘Sea Chair’ is made entirely from plastic recovered from our oceans. Together, Studio Swine and Kieren Jones have created devices to collect and process marine debris into a series of stools.
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Spanish Design Company Accuses Qatar of Counterfeiting Their Street Lights & Launch the Campaign Qatar Fakes (Photos)
Spanish lighting company has filed a lawsuit against the State of Qatar due to the counterfeiting of 920 street lamps and launched the campaign website to spread the word about what might be the biggest cases of public large-scale forgery in design.
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Radio Nacional de España's Headquarters Are Solar Controlled (Photos)
Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.
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Foroba Yelen, a Portable LED Street Light, Locally Made in Rural Mali (Photos)
FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.
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With Bold Graphics, Next Nature Says Nature Changes Along With Us (Book Review)
We debate saving nature, we dream about escaping to nature, but rarely do we ask “What is nature?” Next Nature radically shifts your notion of nature.
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Lola, a Non-Light-Polluting LED Street Lamp, Wins the Delta'12 Spanish Design Award (Photos)
Congratulations for winning the Silver Delta'12 Award with this non-light-polluting, energy-efficient and recyclable LED street light. To avoid vandalism such as graffiti-tags and stickers, the base of the lamp is textured.
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Is Eurovegas Good for Spain? Its People, the Planet or Just Profit?
Las Vegas' Sheldon Adelson wants to build a Eurovegas in Spain. Madrid and Barcelona are competing for the project but Spaniards are demonstrating against it, due to the huge social and environmental impact the project would have.
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Nanotechnology from Spain Preserves the Past (Video)
Tecnadis PRS EFFECT is a water-repellent for facades and historical monuments based on nanoparticles and inspired by nature. It repels the water but at the same time lets the stone breathe.
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When Typography Saves Paper and Ink. About Gulliver, Century Gothic & Ecofont
What saves more resources; condensed type faces or fonts with holes? I spoke to typography designer Gerard Unger about why the ecofont is a bluff and about how typography can really save paper and ink.
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Naked Value. 6 Things Every Business Leader Needs to Know About Resources, Innovation & Competition (Book Review)
A must-read book for business leaders. Naked value is the ultimate value a product delivers to customers, or the benefits that remain when a product is stripped of most of the energy and material resources required to manufacture and deliver it.
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Berlin's Sustainable Circus Hotel Wins Awards but Stays Affordable (Photos)
Tripadvisor's number 1 hotel in Berlin has no 5-stars but is uniquely transparent and ethical in its business approach. Eco-friendly, affordable and comfortable, this is a great place to stay.
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From A to Zierfische; Obsolete Signs are Being Saved from the Dump at the Buchstabenmuseum in Berlin (Photos)
The Buchstabenmuseum is an NGO dedicated to preserving, restoring and exhibiting old signs from Berlin and around the world. Its owners save obsolete letters from the dump and instead tell their stories. It is a museum like no other!
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The Corner Ladder Folds In a Unique Way for Easy Storage (Video)
A beautiful wooden ladder that folds in a surprising way and fits into any old corner, perfect for Graham's LifeEdited and other small spaces!
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Wood & Technology Become the Axalko, a Unique Bicycle for Professional Cyclists And Nature Lovers (Video)
An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!
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Try Beds Before Buying at Coco-Mat's Nap Suite in Their New Furniture Store in New York's Soho (Photos)
The nap suite in Coco-Mat's store in Soho, NYC, is a private room outfitted like a hotel where customers can try the eco-friendly beds from Greece for hours in private for free.
