[ By Steve in Archi­tec­ture & Design , Gad­gets & Geek Art , Urban & Street Art . ] All praise the zip­per: the ubiq­ui­tous, maintenance-free, no muss, no fuss fas­tener that trumps both but­tons and Vel­cro! Zip­pers oper­ate smoothly, silently and safely day in and day out, often in close prox­im­ity to our most sen­si­tive bod­ily parts yet they rarely – “There’s Some­thing About Mary” excepted – cause us anx­i­ety or grief. These 10 toothy exam­ples of zany zip­per art illus­trate the mix of appre­ci­a­tion, admi­ra­tion and YKK-stamped tabs by which soci­ety holds these fas­ci­nat­ing fasteners.