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Sunday Express, July 2005
It helps to have your hands free when you're cooking, so why not keep recipes
comfortably on display with this witty bookchair? Available in a range of
colours, patterns and sizes, these deckchair-style stands will also come in
handy as computer copy holders, study aids, for reading in bed or while
you're eating.
Sesame, August 2004
The latest of Gary's simple yet effective study aids is the Writestand, which
is, as its name suggests, a special angled mini table-top desk on which to
compose that TMA or simply scribble notes. The new invention - which comes in a
choice of an A4 or double-A4 size, both of which can take a laptop, putting the
screen directly in the user's field of vision - has also impressed the Open
University's occupational health adviser. "It's excellent," says Val Powley, "It
will really benefit students as it brings the writing surface up closer to them.
It's also very well made and very well priced."
Frau im Leben, November 2003
Reading comfortably. Bookchair is made in India through fair trade which
makes it possible to pay the workers fairly. The reading device can be put to
different levels.
Bequem Lesen. Der Bookchair (dt. "Buchstuhl") wird in Indien hergestellt,
fairer Handel ermöglich es, die Arbeiter dort gerecht zu bezahlen. Der
Lese-Helfer kann auf verschiedene Winkel eingestellt werden.
New Consumer Magazine
Oct/Nov 2003
(Bookease and
Brightnotes chosen as two of the 50 of the best fair trade gift ideas) which we
have tried and tested and won our seal of approval. Top quality, beautiful items
of high street distinction. Each and every one comes from reputable companies
who work transparently and hand in hand with poor producers in the third world,
who are guaranteed a fair wage and safe working conditions. This Christmas, we
urge you to think twice about what you buy, because supporting fair trade makes
a world of difference.
Sesame,Open University publication
July/August
2003
Howzat! From the seed of an idea dreamed up while trying to prop his OU
texts open, into bookchains worldwide - management student Gary Lancet has not
only scored big with his invention, Bookchair, but numbers among his fans
cricket commentator Dickie Bird, who takes one with him to book-signings.
Four years after its creation, the stand that thinks it's a deckchair has
spawned a range of brothers and sweet-smelling sisters (aromachair which gives
off rose, lavender or lemon scents to revive flagging students) as well as its
own beach windbreak - which doubles as a miniature memo board.
From his distribution base in East London, Gary takes up the story, "We now
sell to a number of bookshops in the US, including Books A Million, the third
largest bookstore in the States, and there are also outlets in France, Germany,
the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Italy and Tanzania. We also have some more
unusual outlets. We supply British embassies around the world with a bookchair
which has a Union Jack on it - ambassadors give these aas gifts. We also supply
a German publisher with a mini bookchair as a promotional gift to encourage
people to buy their books, and I have heard that judges use the bookchair".
Jane Greenoff’s Cross Stitch
January/February 2003
I
love making my own pot-pourri, and I’ve found another place to put it! The
Aromachair is a wooden bookstand which holds a sachet of scented beads and could
be used for small charts or books with charts.
Popular Crafts
January 2003
The inventor of the
Bookchair has now designed a new bookstand that gives off a wonderful aroma as
you read! Aromatherapy has become a great success in the UK and is believed to
have many benefits for the mind and body. Both the original Bookchair and
Aromachair can be used for knitting, embroidery or sewing guidelines and for
following the project instructions in your favourite Popular Crafts magazine!
Health therapists have recommended these products, as they consider that reading
at an angle is better for posture than slouching over it on a flat surface. The
aromachair has a cushion in its back and is available in three different
luxurious aromas. These make a lovely treat for you and a wonderful gift for
that someone special.
Disability Now
January 2003
Want to read books in
comfort and be soothed by a sweet aroma at the same time? An Aromachair can take
the strain out of reading by holding your book in place on a cushioned frame,
allowing you to read hands free, while refreshable EVA beads give off aromas of
invigorating lemon, uplifting rose and relaxing lavender.
What’s on in Literary Wales
November/December 2002
The
inventor of Bookchair, a bookstand that looks like a deckchair, has now come up
with Aromachair – a bookstand that gives off aromas as you read. As with the
original Bookchair, Aromachair provides health benefits for people with bad
backs, pains in the neck, arthritic hands from too much writing or anyone
wanting a laid back reading position. With a specially installed cushion in its
back, it releases a luxurious aroma as your read. There are three life-enhancing
aromas: lemon, rose or lavender. With a smell to ease all troubles (deadlines,
writer’s block, working at Academi…) Aromachair is a lovely, cheerful thing for
readers.
SoHo (Small Office/Home Office)Today
November/December
2002
Smelling an opportunity, Britain’s Bookchair has designed a bookstand
that gives off a variety of pleasing aromas. Called the Aromachair, the tabletop
bookstand combines the therapeutic benefitsof the company’s Bookchair product,
designed to facilitate good posture while reading with the principles of
aromatherapy. A cushion in the back of the Aromachair contains one of three
scents – invigorating lemon, uplifting rose and relaxing lavender. The aroma is
derived from impregnated plastic beads that can be refreshed every four months
or so. The Aromachair provides consumers with a sweet-smelling stand for their
reading materials.
The Author
Winter 2002
Aromachair looks like a
mini-deckchair (and indeed comes with a booktowel: a ‘handmade cotton bookmark
shaped like a beach towel’), which is said to hold the book at an angle which is
good for those with bad backs or necks, or arthritic hands.
The Guardian
December 2001
The bookease is
attractive, compact and capable of dealing with even the outsized books that
some publishers insist on publishing. The wood is silver-sprayed nilotika from
sustainable, fairly traded sources. It's usable, needless to say, in any setting
where you need hands-free access to reading material.
The Mirror
November 2001
Think of sunnier times
when working at your computer, reading or writing essays with one of the
Bookchair Company's breezy products. Designed to look like deckchairs, the
bookchair holds books, magazines or papers at an angle for easy reading. The
writechair can be used as a document-holder but also lets you write at an angle
- often more comfortable for back and neck-ache sufferers. Brightnotes is like a
windbreaker with three wipeable boards for messages.
Daily Record
December 2000
Gain without pain. The
bookchair was designed with physiotherapists and osteopaths and reduces neck and
back pain.
The Guardian
December 2000
Novel Idea. Worried
that lifting all those glasses of champagne will leave you too weak to hold that
paperback? Why not get yourself a bookchair. (It's a deckchair designed for
books to sit on)
The Sun
December 2000
The gift of health. The
Bookchair is for people who get neck and backache reading with a book resting
flat.
Daily Mail
July 2000
Read blockbusters on the
beach or in bed with a bookchair.
The Parkinson Magazine
Summer Edition 2000
We
don't normally feature new products, but couldn't resist the bookchair, a handy,
lightweight and attractive bookstand which allows people with disabilities, pain
or stiffness, to prop their books up with ease. It can hold a range of sizes,
and can be used at a table, desk, or even in bed.
Sesame Open University Publication
April/May
2000
It was twelve months ago that Gary Lancet launched Bookchair - his
antidote to back pain and neck ache brought on by hours poring over OU texts.
The idea was classically simple: a bookstand based on a design which has
outlasted donkey rides, swimming caps and mats which take on a life of their own
on British beaches. Business is now booming, and for all those who've ever risen
at 6am to bag a poolside chair with their towel - Gary's next enterprise is a
towel-shaped bookmark.
The Express
April 2000
While reclining on the
beach or at home, how about giving your book a break? Prop the old tome on its
very own deckchair. And the beauty is, it doesn't require suntan lotion.
Publishers News
April 2000
Bookchair - an
innovative and affordable new bookstand based on the design of the humble
deckchair was initially developed for desktop reading, including reading while
eating, and is also suitable for holding cookery books up while working in the
kitchen.
The Times
January 2000
Don't bend over that book
on your desk; this deckchair style reading bookstand reduces back and neck ache
while reading. It is also useful for cookery books.
The Independent Information magazine
18 December
1999
Included as one of 50 best last minute Christmas presents. "Shaped like
a deckchair, this will ease the pain of any grey panther reading in bed or at a
table. It can also be used as a cookbook-holder in the kitchen. 'It's an
attractive alternative to the traditional common reading stand, and ideal for
those with neck and back problems,' says Richard Ingrams"
The Observer
26 December 1999
"Well Read. If you
were given lots of books yesterday, you might want to order one of these. Gary
Lancet invented the Bookchair - a bookstand for reading - after suffering neck
and backache from too many hours spend hunched over tables while studying. An
instant success, Bookchair comes with some official endorsements including
recommendations from Alexander Technique teachers, osteopaths and
physiotherapists"
The Financial Times
9 December 1999
"Mr Lancet is
very serious about how his product can help people. As well as being recommended
by ergonomists and physiotherapists, Bookchair has been adopted by a number of
NHS hospitals to help bed-ridden patients read, and the National Federation of
Access Centres, which offers advice to disabled students. 'Bookchair is also
helpful for teaching youngsters to adopt a better posture early on so they can
avoid neck and back pain in the future' ".
Ethical Consumer January 2000
"Concerned about cheap
manufacturers in China and their reputation for sweated labour and/or child
exploitation, Gary contacted Traidcraft who introduced him to a manufacturer in
the Philippines. Still not completely convinced, Gary actually visited the
factory and interviewed workers. He found pay to be above the minimum wage,
health and safety standards were good and he was assured that the wood to be
used for Bookchair was sourced from managed forests."
What's On
May 1999
"Bookchair is basically a chair
to rest your book on, a bookrest if you will. You may have this pre– formed
image of bookrests being these huge mahogany contraptions used by Victorian
women who were too feeble to hold a book. This may be true of others bookrests,
but bookchair is a funky, fresh design (based on the deckchair) that wouldn't
look out of place in any student's room ( or kitchen for that matter).
The bookchair is designed to ease back and neck pain whilst reading at a
desk, but also doubles as a nifty cookbook holder or typing rest. It has gained
approval from The Open University Occupational Health Team and is manufactured
from managed forests."
The Guardian Space
July 1999
"Is Georgette Heyer
making your wrist throb? Is that Bang & Olufsen manual crushing your lap
area? Why not send your literary favourites on a little holiday with bookchair –
a canvas and beechwood device in which your Dick Francis or Dostoevsky can
nestle as though sunning itself by the sea. The dechchair meets the lectern (an
unlikely pairing) in this attempt to ease the pains caused by that most
unnatural of human activities, poring."
The Independent
March 1999
"Bookchair is on sale
in a number of top homeware stores. If you're addicted to reading while eating,
have never learned to juggle a magazine and a coffee mug in bed, or get backache
while reading, you'll wonder how you ever managed without Bookchair. Lacquered,
it features two wooden stays which adjust to the width and depth of whatever
you're reading including very solid cookery books. "
'Scratch' South Bank University
May 1999
"The
bookchair is a new invention by Gary Lancet. We all know of the nightmare of
studying where you start as upright individual and become a crumpled, tired and
pained person. Reading from a book resting flat has been proved to be bad for
you, hence this amazing new invention. It looks like a deckchair and is designed
to stop you doing any more damage to your neck or back whilst studying."
London Guildhall University
May 1999
"This nifty
little device made its way into the office the other day.
Basically it's a deckchair for your books.No it's not as stupid as it seems,
as it's a device which has been invented to prevent back and neck ache when you
are copying in things over (and have been sitting here typing for the past day,
I can say it could definitely come in handy).
It can also double up as a cookery book stand, if you've done enough studying
and has been endorsed by the Open University Occupational Health Unit. "
Choice
July 1999
"Gary Lancet likes reading at a
table, but finds that it gives him a pain in the neck. So he invented a
deckchair–style bookstand, which he calls the Bookchair. It's good for people
who like to read in bed or while eating, and for anyone finding it diffcuilt to
hold a book for a long period."
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