Featuring in-depth articles on Cuba's poster crisis/economic hardship; minimalist New York agency Goldsmith/Jeffrey; New Jersey-based travel photographer Bob Krist; California illustrator Ann Field's emphasis on a free state of mind; four contemporary Japanese designers: Katsumi Asaba, Katsuhiko Hibino, Kaoru Kasai and Makoto Saito; an E¯co column on tree-free papers of the time.