Cover Design: Ralph Schraivogel

Special Feature: Designers’ Commitment to the OLYMPIAD –Look at the transitions made in this century’s Olympic posters world and the dynamism of the times. Planning and Arrangement: IDEA Editorial Staff, Supervision: Ruki Matsumoto
Ralph Schraivogel –Design as an Interface between Chaos and Order Text: Catherine Burer, Cooperation: Masami Kikuchi
Helsinki International Poster Biennial ’97 Text: Keizo Matsui
Bruno Monguzzi Text: Gene Federico
Shinro Ohtake –Exhibition Remixes Text: Shinro Ohtake
Me Company –“Laforet Grand Bazar,” First appearance on the Japanese advertising design scene. Text: Shu Nagashima
“Street Design File” Text: Kyoichi Tsuzuki
IDEA TALKS vol. 2: with Toshio Iwai & Noriyuki Tanaka
A Comparative challenge towards the Automobile industry by TCA Text: Yoshinao Fujimura
News & Information, Exhibitions and Book Reviews, Addresses of Contributors
NIKE’s global visual strategy

Ralph Schraivogel
Born in Luzern, Switzerland in 1960. Graduated from the Zürich School of Design in 1982. Since leaving school he works as an independent graphic designer mostly for local cultural institutions , especially for: Kunsthaus Zürich, the Zürich Museum of design. From 1992 to 2001 he teached at the Zurich School of Design and he was a guest professor at the HdK Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin.