This exhibition looks at some of the collaborations that have come out of the Common Press, the letterpress studio at Penn, in its first year of production, and juxtaposes them against poetry broadsides from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Founded in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, the Press provides a mixed media environment where students interested in the book arts can move between digital and manual text and image making. It encourages collaborations among writers, printmakers, and others across the University.

Philacentrik a catalog of nine views of Philadelphia, is a special feature of the exhibition. It is the first Common Book, an annual project by the Common Press, produced to showcase the integration of writing, printmaking, and design at the press.

The Common Press is a joint effort of the Kelly Writers House, Penn Libraries, and the Fine Arts program in the School of Design.