Once a simple but elegant, ubiquitous, tool to hold loos papers together, to organize stacks of similar papers.
Strong and functional but, unlike a staple, is impermanent and causes no damage.
In this increasingly digital world, will the unassuming paperclip become a threatened species?
And, if it does….. how will one reset that <insert occasionally malfunctioning electronic item> without a paperclip to bend out of shape and press that tiny recessed reset button on the back?
