The box is the primary element in three dimensional space.
I bailed out on geometry or I would Know the catch phrase .
[bear with me as I am inventing the wheel for me
as well as anyone who might read this]
(apologies to strunk and white)
The box when put alone on the floor becomes
a place to put or transport stuff.
When you turn the box over opening down
it becomes a seat or a step.
As a kid of the 50's the era of the wooden box
was being eclipsed by heavy duty paper and cardboard.
The rush to change up was well taken.The cardboard box