Form over substance (part 2) - Examples of enclosures

Here is a collection of enclosures I assembled from the internets. These could provide some inspiration for future projects. The list is sorted by cost, ascendingly.

Everyone can draw their own conclusion, I am not going to comment on pros and cons (and make this post even longer).

Cardboard case

Jar case - Fireflies

Pelican case - XBox controller

Plastic Ferrero-Rocher chocolate box - Wise Clock rev 0.1

Cigar box

Altoids mint box - MintyBoost

Open side (open back) sandwich enclosure

Glass dome - Wise Clock

Moded book case - X10 Book

Photo storage box - Wide Clock

"Encased" by design - Let's piano

Plastic electronic enclosures from Polycase

Aluminum case from seeedstudio

Sparkfun project case

Plastic enclosures from Hammond

Acrylic stand for LCD

Custom made, laser-cut, acrylic faceplate - Monome

Custom made wooden case - Life Clock

Custom made wooden case + hard disk enclosure - Hifiduino

Cubesat (very very cool, also very very expensive)

Other ideas:

- lego themed enclosure;

- display case for 1/43 model cars;

- iPhone (or similar small consumer electronics) cardboard case;

- hangable (wall mount) floater frame, with mesh wires supporting the exposed electroncs;

- reclaimed/repurposed/reused electronic devices (modem, hard disk, iomega drive, radio, amplifier);

- modified clock (either desk or wall) case;

- cassette/VCR tape case;

- soap box (similar one is actually on sale at sparkfun);

- slice (1-2") of a large diameter (>4") PVC tube, with acrylic transparent/translucent covers (many years ago I made a round clock case like that);

See also:

Form over substance (part 1) - on project encasing