Zara Home makes some very nice goods for the home and the office, including these ingenious jumbo paper clips that can hold a pen or pencil. But I balked at the price tag — $12 for two pieces of bent ...

The future of the humble metal paper clip is under threat after being banned by NHS health and safety officials for being ‘too dangerous’. ‘Dangerous’: Metal paper clips have been banned in Manchester ...

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 ...

This will give them a laugh down at the doctor’s waiting room… Barmy bosses at a health trust have banned metal paper clips from GP surgeries, clinics and offices after a member of staff cut their ...

The paper clip is a staple of office culture. They perform a necessary office function--keeping papers together on a temporary basis--that few if any other products can do so effectively and cheaply.

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 ...