１９９８年，全球设计市场经历了不寻常的一年。年初亚洲金融危机的加剧，年中巴西金融风暴的肆虐，年末石油价格的下跌，使设计公司举步维艰。尽管如此，世界最大２００家设计公司还是在全球市场取得了４１６亿美元的好成绩，比１９９７年增长９．５％，其中，国际市场营业额 In 1998, the global design market experienced an unusual year. The intensification of the Asian financial crisis at the beginning of this year, the ravages of the financial turmoil in Brazil during the year and the declining oil prices at the end of the year have made design companies struggling. In spite of this, the world’s top 200 design companies achieved a good result of US $ 41.6 billion in the global market, an increase of 9.5% over 1997, of which the international market turnover