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PhilaU Highlight 2011-2012

Sustainable Design Student Wins Award at Prestigious Collab Competition Josh Butz, a sustainable design graduate student at Philadelphia University, won third place in the prestigious Collab Student Design Competition, which brought in 115 en- tries from seven design schools including Pratt Institute in New York and the University of Pennsylvania. The design caught the judges’ eyes for its originality, timeless quality and careful attention to detail. Butz’s bag was made primarily of highly sustainable materials hemp and burlap, and its teardrop shape was contoured to fit one’s back. The bag is supported with a long stick Butz whittled from a pine tree branch. 55


PhilaU Highlight 2011-2012
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