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For my (smaller!) Espruino prototypes, I just had 2 boxes, and started out with all the bags in one box. I'd just pull one bag at a time out, tip the parts of one type out onto the desk, put them on the solder paste, and put the bag in the 'done' box.
It's ugly, but I'd maybe place 2 or 4 boards at a time like that and it worked quite well. IMO having all the ribbons out could be a real pain if someone knocked your desk or a tape pinged off the double-sided sticky (which is likely as they've got a curve on them!). I'm pretty sure the 0603 and 0402 parts don't usually have markings, so you don't want to risk mixing them up!