Desa Potato Head

"In the Petitenget neighborhood of busy Seminyak on the island’s western coast, the sustainability-minded Desa Potato Head consists of two hotels and a handful of restaurants that grew out of a now-iconic beach club launched in 2010. The resort’s mantra of “good times, do good” speaks to its mission of using tourism to improve the community and environment—while making it fun for travelers. Activities include Waste Lab workshops where guests make bracelets from recycled plastic beads, or indigo-dye totes from decommissioned bedding. The resort’s Potato Head Suites is a collection of 58 accommodations designed by Indonesian architect Andra Matin in a building of 1.8 million hand-pressed terra-cotta bricks sourced from a nearby village. They’re decorated with midcentury-inspired, Indonesian-crafted furnishings and locally handwoven textiles. The 168-room Potato Head Studios, an oceanfront building designed by Rem Koolhaas’ OMA, debuted in 2021 and features contemporary furniture made of recycled materials. The pink facade gets its hue from the powder of salvaged broken bricks." - Kathryn Romeyn

"Desa Potato Head turns colorful plastic trash into high-design furniture, jewelry, and more. In the Petitenget neighborhood of busy Seminyak on the island’s western coast, Desa Potato Head consists of two hotels and a handful of restaurants. It began in 2010 with the debut of the now-iconic Potato Head Beach Club, which sits behind a mosaic of 6,600 recycled wooden shutters. Indonesian architect Andra Matin designed both the venue and Potato Head Suites, which opened as Katamama in 2016. Inside a building fashioned out of 1.8 million hand-pressed terra-cotta bricks, the 58 suites are decorated with midcentury-inspired, Indonesian-crafted furnishings and locally hand-woven textiles. The 168-room Potato Head Studios, an oceanfront building designed by Rem Koolhaas’s OMA, debuted in 2021 and features contemporary furniture made of recycled materials by British designer Faye Toogood and Catalan designer Andreu Carulla. The pink facade gets its hue from the powder of salvaged broken bricks." - Kathryn Romeyn

"Founded by Ronald Akili, Potato Head is an Indonesia-based boutique hospitality group." - Travel + Leisure Editors

"For those wanting a beach, Desa Potato Head in Seminyak is the place to go. Its new “creative village”—which includes yes, lodging, but also a farm-to-table restaurant, an art gallery, a lab focused on sustainability, a recording studio, and a subterranean discotheque—was designed by OMA." - Elise Taylor