[!placemats2.jpg](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/placemats2.jpg) [!placemats3.jpg](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/placemats3.jpg)[!placemats.jpg](http://canadiandesignresource.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/placemats.jpg) > “It is the type of thing you wish you had thought of first—always the sign of a great concept. An eclectic array of plates, objects of surprising beauty, were chosen and lovingly photographed both front and back for a series of placemats. No text beyond the title, no intrusion of unnecessary message—a gift without a tagline. I imagine a dinner table set in preparation for a meal with guests admiring, trading and even fighting over the mats, and a story unfolds. The design serves as a springboard to the imagination, leads to conversation and its lasting effect is memory. You cannot ask for more.” – Marian Bantjes > > _[Via GDC – Graphex, Judges Choices](http://www.gdc.net/graphex/winners/judges.php)_