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Playing off the mobile of paper butterflies hanging above David Stark's literary-themed Benjamin Moore table, guests' names were laser cut onto book pages cut into the shape of butterflies.

Each guest at the DESIGNLUSH table received a set of gilded Kona wood coasters inside a tinted acrylic box, which was topped by a 14-karat gold Slinky place card holder.

F.I.T. students (working with design mentors Joshua Ciceronet and Jared Siegal) created a conceptual table around the myth of Pandora's Box. After Pandora released the evils of the world, the only spirit remaining in her jar was Hope, so glowing "Hope" jars sat at each place setting, with a paper tags that read "Please share me."

Design Within Reach's area for The New York Times included tiny versions of iconic chair designs next to each plate.

For the Ethan Allen table, striped napkins were stuffed into bowls and topped with fabric daisies.

The table settings at the Herman Miller space had a retro 1950s look. Place cards were attached to wooden tops with twine.

Alexa Stevenson styled an ambitious table for the New York Design Center titled "Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?" Nine of N.Y.D.C.’s Access to Design designers imagined cheeky place settings for their dream (deceased) dinner party guests, including Coco Chanel, Elizabeth Taylor, and Steve Jobs. Imagined to be set in a glamorous, haunted mansion, the macabre centerpiece included moss, succulents, and a skull inside a glass cloche.

The Mint Agency used sand, shells, and bowls holding live fish as centerpieces at the September premiere dinner for Spring Breakers during the Toronto International Film Festival.

Lucite tables were filled with natural objects like sea shells.

Zaldivar used rough textures like burlap in contrast to more polished elements of the decor, to echo Gonzalez's work.