one small part of that larger engineering challenge.
And sometimes, a small improvement is all it takes to transform a product.
Why This Little Detail Still Fascinates People
Part of the appeal is that the rivet is almost invisible to us as a design innovation.
We’ve seen it so many times that we rarely question it.
That’s true of countless objects around us.
We use zippers without thinking about how they work.
We flip light switches without considering their history.
We sit on chairs without wondering why they’re constructed the
