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Round 43--Gift Tags --Group B (10.07) 
Julie Meyer | Green Bay, Wisconsin Designer Back to Round 43 --------------- 
Katie Forte | Birmingham, Michigan Designer e-mail: fortekate@yahoo.com Back to Round 43 --------------- Joy Cobler | Summit Station, Ohio Designer and Illustrator Back to Round 43 --------------- 
Temeisha Quick | Atlanta, Georgia Designer Back to Round 43 --------------- 
"The Japanese love to give gifts. Best-known of Japan's many customary gifts are the chuugen (mid-year gifts) and seibo (year-end gifts) gifts. Both gifts are given to express gratitude to people such as company supervisors, teachers, business clients, go-betweens, doctors, relatives and so on. People usually say o-chuugen and o-seibo adding the prefix "o" for politeness." source: about.com: http://japanese.about.com/blhiraculture17.htm I considered doing the standard Christmas gift tags for this project; however, as I was brainstorming, I realized that my love of Japanese culture might give me a unique angle. I did some research and discovered chuugen and seibo gifts and I knew I'd found my concept! I chose three simple icons for my symbols: the crane (fidelity, luck), the chrysanthemum (longevity, joy), and the snowflake (winter, when seibo gifts are given). This icon set could easily be expanded to accommodate more traditional and modern Japanese symbology. The Japanese in the background is "ochuugen" and "oseibo" written in Kanji. I chose earth tone colors and a simple, yet elegant layout that reflects the traditional Japanese aesthetic. Nick Nawroth | Kettering, Ohio Designer Back to Round 43 --------------- 
John Lai | Toronto, Canada Designer Back to Round 43 --------------- 
Debbie Mazarakes | Oceanside, California Designer Back to Round 43 --------------- Suzie Hartman | Omaha, Nebraska Designer Back to Round 43 
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