Wirework is a centuries-old craft, but there are plenty of ways to give it a new “twist.” Using basic tools, you can shape wire into letter-shaped paper clips (imagine calligraphy that has sprung to ...

Sure, paper clips end up floating around junk drawers and clutter desk tops, but they’re good for more than just organizing papers. These bendy wires can be quite handy in pinch — and they can make a ...

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The paper clip is something of a fetish object in design circles. Its spare, machined aesthetic and its inexpensive ubiquity landed it a spot in MoMA’s 2004 show Humble Masterpieces. This was a ...

The paper clip plays a variety of roles, all small, in legal history. That smallness looms large in Jay W Stein's gripping study Something Little and Shiny on the Judicial Stage: The Paper Clip. The ...