3 BEAUTY
2 APRES COMMENTS
A LA SUAVE: THE ALL NEW LA SARTHE
BENSPORT BREATHES LIFE INTO AND OLD BENTLEY CLASSIC
The Henry Graves Supercomplication by Patek Phillipe
By Wessel Stoltz
Mikomax’s Balance Height Adjustable Desk
STAND UP! STAND UP!
HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE DESKS CAN TAKE YOU TO NEW HEIGHTS
By Wessel Stoltz
No less than 70% of us complain about physical
discomfort at work.
Largely due to the unnatural positions we force our
bodies into when we sit at our desks, many of us
develop muscle and skeletal problems that can be
traced back to the fact that we sit (or lie) for almost
22 hours per day.
Doctors in the U.S. have found that 20% of deaths
in people over the age of 35 can be attributed to the
sedentary way of life we’ve become accustomed to.
A scary fact, but one that can be negated easily by
buying a height adjustable desk…
Our sit-stand solutions give you the ability to
manipulate your working environment into one that
works for you: height-adjustable desks allow you to
adjust the desk to a height most comfortable for you,
ensuring an optimum ergonomic workspace.
We stock three types of stand-up desks: settable
desks, crank handle desks and electronically adjustable desks.
Settable desks, like the Advance Desk from Elite,
are height settable as standard, meaning that they
can be set for each individual’s height. A series of
predetermined holes in the legs of the desk allow
for a range of heights that will suit most people and
offer an ergonomic sitting position while at your
desk.
Moving away from purely sitting at your desk (because sitting is bad!), crank handle height adjustable desks give the user the freedom to move the
desk between a sitting and standing height. Apart
from being crank (or electronically) operated, the
Assman Canvaro Compact Bench Desk can act as a
double workstation, offering the ideal way to either
work closely together or concentrate on a task,
whilst providing maximum space efficiency and
individual adjustability.
Lastly, and this is where things get fancy, we offer
electronically height adjustable desks. These desks
adjust their height at the press of a button and even
remember height-preferences of several users (a
nifty feature if your office is all about hot-desking!).
The Assman Canvaro Compact Bench Desk is in
fact so clever; it even sports collision avoidance
technology…when moving up or down it can sense
an object – like your little finger – being trapped
between it and another desk and will immediately
switch to moving in the opposite direction. This is
especially handy as these desks have a lifting power
of 70kg plus!
Have a look at some more height adjustable desks
from Mikomax, Sedus and Wiesner Hager.
By Wessel Stoltz
Back when gentlemen still sported top hats and
brandished canes, whole villages would revert to
slow-motion and come to an eventual standstill
when an automobile from Bentley came coasting
down the High Street.
For up until the early 1950’s, Bentley supplied its
customers with a rolling chassis, which meant
that after purchasing one, a coach-builder would
lovingly hand-shape the bumper and patiently hew,
out of a single trunk of walnut, your steering wheel
until you have a completed car built to your exact
specifications. Up until the 1950’s, then, Bentley
motors weren’t cars at all, they were true works of
art…
THE
WEATHER
Spring and another
20 i nches rain will be
arriving shortly.
And now once again, Bensport is offering auto-aficionados the opportunity to own a truly bespoke
and personalised Bentley motor.
Dubbed ‘Project La Sarthe’ (this is after all a project
for serious drivers, and what can be more serious
than imbuing this car with the spirit of that famous
Le Mans circuit …), the car features a hand-built
all-aluminium body that nests upon an original and
fully restored 1950’s Crewe-built Bentley R-Type
chassis. It comes as no coincidence that Bensport
chose this chassis, as purists insist that the R-Type
Continental was the last true Bentley until the arrival of the Mulsanne Turbo, three decades later.
Being 300Ibs lighter than the original R-Type Continental and featuring a brand new 4.5 litre Bentley
engine and exhaust, the La Sarthe goes as well as it
looks. Add to the mix modern suspension, braking technology and an optional leather “La Sarthe”
embossed suitcase set, and you have the makings of
a truly great driving experience.
Given, of course, that you’ve got in your back pocket
the starting price of £350 000…