Ironic: Apple’s new tiny keyboard ships in a ginourmous box

It’s no surprise that Apple’s new sexy keyboard packs a lot of eye candy into a waifish body. Apple just loves sleek, minimal design. So why does the keyboard ship in a box a billion times its size?

Sean’s new keyboard just arrived and here’s what the crazy amount of packaging looks like:

No other products were in the box except for the keyboard. With a box that size, one wishes Apple had snuck in some goodies. But the box was mostly full of brown packing paper and air.

So what’s a clever designer to do? Turn it into a fashion statement:

Did your’s come in a giant box too? Or is this just a shipping fluke?