Engineering projects need a sheltered place to live during their construction. Especially with electronics projects, small pieces can easily roll away and get lost. Then, after projects are done, they need some kind of housing from which they will be stored or used. For student projects, the same container can often serve both roles.  Small sizes work well. A plastic container that holds a sandwich can holds weeks worth of electronic engineering materials in a student's desk.
 

This pizza box is wide enough to hold not only materials, but paper diagrams and templates for development and display purposes.	This plastic box is deep enough to hold months of electronics materials but small enough to easily fit on a shelf.

More professional work requires housing or a container for the project that will last and be safe in whatever setting the circuit is being put to work. Some projects will be in the public eye, such as a museum or art display, and creating housing structure for such settings in an artful and/or asthetically pleasing design is an important part of the final project.
 
 

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