There’s never a safety pin around when you need one, but in most offices, there are plenty of paper clips. Turn that paper clip into a safety pin with a pair of pliers and some ingenuity.

Adam Smith famously used a pin factory to illustrate the advantages of specialization, choosing this "very trifling manufacture" because the different tasks were performed under one roof: "One man ...

The goal was to see how far up the paper clip could be traded with delegates and people at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The first swap was for a pin from North Carolina.

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 ...

“Today we are dismayed to see how in the Middle East and elsewhere in the world many of our brothers and sisters are persecuted, tortured and killed for their faith ...

Barneys New York is selling a $185 Prada paper clip, which has confused and angered Twitter for its price tag.

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—The basic paper clip, a simple twist of steel wire typically retailing for about a penny, has dominated its market for more than a century.

Optical Illusion: Only Top 1% Visually Sharp Can Spot A Safety Pin Among Paper Clips In 9 Seconds! Only individuals with quick thinking, strong memory retention, and the ability to focus intensely ...

"I didn't see any fat pin-up art out there that I liked, so I drew what I thought was hot," says illustrator Jen Oaks.

Winner: Make a DIY Hercules Hook From a Paper Clip Paying homage to the late Billy Mays, lifehacker3000 fashioned his own DIY Hercules Hook using a butterfly paper clip.