Katell Gélébart (*1972) is an autodidact, ecodesigner, pluridisciplinary artist and the founder of ART D' ECO. Since 1998, Katell has been developing and promoting the potential of re-using waste & unwanted materials in the field of design. She is a modern nomad and has been lecturing and teaching in many countries such as: New Zealand, Ukraine, India, the Netherlands, and Italy and many more. She also works with crafts and artisans in India. She gives lectures on Eco Design in different Design Academies around the world and works as a consultant in her fields of expertise. Katell has completed two Artist Residency Programme at the DUNE Eco Resort in South India. In 2012, she received the European Cultural Award by the A.Toepfer Foundation to honour her »creative visionary revisiting what’s already there«.  In Febuary 2013, her biography »Die Mülldesignerin: Wie Katell Gélébart die Welt verändert« was published by SCORPIO.