Potato Head

This is a record, not a campaign.

Think of it as a conversation starter.

Learning doesn’t always arrive as instruction.
Sometimes it begins by watching hands at work.

This is not a campaign.
Not a carefully choreographed moment.

It’s about documenting how materials,
people, and ideas are carried forward.

Making as a form of learning.

This is not nostalgia.
And it’s not craft for craft’s sake.

It’s modernity grounded in relationship.

Materials carry memory.

Under the penjors, Galungan returns — reminding us that good always finds its way back to light.

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This village keeps revealing new layers — even to us.



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For the third year running, Desa Potato Head is among the World’s 50 Best Hotels — a celebration not just of a place, but of a village of people who believe in doing things differently.

From Bali to the world, thank you for being part of this creative village.

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Cultivating Progress 🌱

Community Waste Project marks its first year — proving that when a village and its wider community come together, challenge can transform into possibility.

We’re proud of the progress made — and committed to continuing our collective growth: learning, evolving, and expanding.

This is just the beginning.
Full sustainability report — link in bio.



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The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2025.

“All of these recognitions are a testament to the fact that people truly want to be part of the change.

We’re just getting started, and we’ll continue our promise to keep pushing for a better way.
A better way to travel.
A better way to live.
A better way to operate and consume.

None of this would be possible without the love, belief, and support from all of you — our community, guests, partners, team, and friends.”

Ronald Akili
Founder, Potato Head

“I’m very honoured to be recognised by TIME as one of the 100 Climate Leaders of 2025.

My family has been working in the travel industry for more than sixty years. Travel has always been a part of my life. I’ve seen how it can open our hearts, how meeting others, seeing new places, and learning from different cultures can make us more human. But I’ve also seen how much it can take from the planet if we’re not careful.

I don’t want us to lose this beautiful gift of travel, but I also don’t want us to destroy the very thing that makes it possible: our planet.

At Potato Head, we’ve been trying to find a better way, to show that hospitality and tourism can be a force for good. That pleasure and purpose can live side by side.

I hope our journey inspires you to live, travel, and create in ways that give back more than they take.

Thank you to everyone who has helped and supported us along the way. Every small act of care creates a ripple, and together, those ripples can become waves.”

Ronald Akili
Founder, Potato Head




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