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Monday, August 22, 2011

Award Winning Design

lovelymanners Wins Design Award!!!

YUPO Names Three Wally Award Winners

Creative Peers Attending HOW Design Conference Select Winners in Three Categories for Eighth Annual Design Competition

(Chesapeake, VA) -- Yupo Corporation America, a leading global manufacturer of synthetic paper and presenter of the Wally Awards, has announced the winners of the annual design competition.

Best Design entry – Lovely Manners Placemat by Dawn Vislocky of PBM Graphics
Best Package entry – Puka Pill Organizer by designer Shumpei Kato
Best Artist entry – Sorina Susnea “The Wondrous World Inside”

“Lovely Manners Placemat” by PBM Graphics, Inc. of Durham, NC, was selected for the Best Design category. Dawn Vislocky of PBMG will receive a $500 award. Puka Pill organizer by Shumpei Kato of Vancouver, BC, will receive a $500 award for winning the Best Package category. For her Best Artist category winning entry, “The Wondrous World Inside,” Sorina Susnea of Floral City, FL will receive a generous supply of YUPO paper.

Lovely Manners Table Placemats submitted by PBM Graphics, of Durham, NC, on behalf of client, www.lovelymanners.com - an online store and blog, which shares modern manners for people of all ages. PBM produced this table placemat collection on YUPO Grade: 144 lb cover in 1960s-era retro color combinations: blue/green, orange/fuchsia, and grey on grey. Each set contains six unique placemats with bold graphics and helpful etiquette reminders for proper table manners such as the proper placement of glasses, bread and salad plates, using silverware in correct order and rules for social interaction during meals. The placemats were created by freelance designer, Elizabeth Kuehnen, for the company's online store.