Before desktop publishing made it possible for the most casual user to create graphic designs—before the instant gratification of twenty-four-hour copy shops—a tremendous amount of graphic work was generated by jobbing print shops. These shops considered the graphic arts to be a blue-collar trade in which journeyman printers used a standardized and reliable set of tools to produce sturdy, functional design. The pieces that follow channel that utilitarian aesthetic, while simultaneously calling up the spirit of DIY, fearlessly fusing white-collar design with blue-collar craft.