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  • Tablets, arise!
  • Cardboard cutout
  • Monster prop
  • Different-thinking tablet stand
  • Printed prop
  • Fishy accessory
  • Remote-controlled stand
  • Minimalist rocker
  • Eight-legged holder
  • Kid-friendly option
  • Block design
  • Silicon Valley tribute?
  • Luxury model
  • Stand for science
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14 unique ways to prop up your tablet (pictures)

Tablets, arise!

The proliferation of tablets has spawned dozens of creative and cool stands for the reading-friendly mobile devices. It's time for tablets to take a stand!

Designer Scott Eaton took inspiration from the ancient Moai of Easter Island to create this stand for a tablet and phone. He introduced it at the London Design Festival in 2014.

Photo by: Eaton London

Cardboard cutout

Cardboard Safari's stand for the iPad is inspired by '50s-era televisions.

Photo by: Cardboard Safari

Monster prop

This soft, pillow-like stand by Flazbag works much like the Mae West Lips Sofa by Salvador Dali; the tablet sits on the jutting lower lip.

Photo by: Fläzbag/TM Products

Different-thinking tablet stand

A YouTube video by Maturine Deschain demonstrates how to turn a classic Mac into a tablet stand.

Photo by: Maturine Deschain

Printed prop

A 3D printer produced this PLA plastic universal tablet stand. The stand is also adjustable.

Photo by: Things4Thinkers/Etsy

Fishy accessory

This lightweight stand is designed for a minimal footprint...or tailprint. Its aluminum fins and tail adjust to enable  different viewing angles. The end of the tail also works as a handle.

Photo by: Octa

Remote-controlled stand

WowWee makes a pivoting stand that can rotate up to 270 degrees. The movement can be controlled wirelessly using a remote. It also comes with speakers.
Photo by: WowWee

Minimalist rocker

The beautifully minimalistic Yohann iPad stand is the brainchild of Swiss designer Berend Frenzel.

Photo by: Yohann

Eight-legged holder

The aptly named Breffo Spiderpodium has bendable legs. Use it as a stand, or wrap the legs around the back of a car seat to keep kids entertained on the road.

Photo by: Breffo

Kid-friendly option

Speck's iGuy for iPad Mini tablets is both free-standing and durable. A soft foam construction means no more cracked iPads...and a lot of huggability.

Photo by: Speck

Block design

The Etsy store Andrew's Reclaimed used re-purposed deck railings to create this stand.

Photo by: Andrew's Reclaimed/Etsy

Silicon Valley tribute?

A current media darling (Vogue, Vanity Fair, Wired) the "Venus of Cupertino" is another cool stand from London designer Scott Eaton.

Photo by: Eaton London

Luxury model

Backed with felt and hand-crafted, the V-luxe is made in limited runs. The price tag: $1,500.

Photo by: BKNY Design

Stand for science

The "Dock of Science" is both a stand and a charger. And, yep, that's a working radiometer on there.

Photo by: WoodGuy32/Old Time Computer/Etsy

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