Does this chair remind you something? A barrel? A rodeo equipment? Yes, the Gaucho is a bit of all those things, as German furniture maker Rebman took the ultra-simple and eye-catchy chair system taken from Argentinian pampas and turned as a classy chair.

It consists of two dynamic wooden arches, which can be joined simply and quickly. The two parts have a core of beech wood, those can be found in the British woodlands for instance, and waxed woods on the surface to provide greater stability.

If it wasn’t that expensive (€465 a piece), we would recommend it to anybody.

More and more, a Laptopmania spread throughout the world as a virus. Which are the best new Apple Macs? Laptops. The strongest WiFi signals? For laptop. What non geeky consumers buy? Laptops. Laptop laptop laptop. Of course, they’re nicer than bulky desktop computers. And because they will get as able as the bigger ones, they’re going to be the standards.

Computer designers usually passed over two main after-effects. First, the batteries. More laptops mean more batteries thrown away or high-tech pollution. Second: the processor heat. It undermines the life expectancy of your computer ― and if you’re a male, it could also damage the fertility of your sperm according to this report, no joke.

But yesterday, Fredrik Andersson made a very precious contribution. How to undervolt your laptop. “Undervolting is, as our tests prove, an excellent way of lowering the temperatures in a laptop. And because we’ve lowered the temperature of the CPU, other components will be a lot cooler because they aren’t affected as much by the heat from the CPU. You get a cooler system with longer battery time and if it is performed correctly, you won’t suffer any stability problems,” he said in this FAQ.

The instructions are quite easy to follow, even for unskilled computer users. Three applications need to be downloaded then installed before cooling your CPU a bit down. Spread the word. Everyone will save money.

Yesterday I initially wanted to spent some time on Adobe’s website, browsing the newly updated product pages and trying to figure out which Creative Suite bundle I will upgrade to. But then I stumbled upon the latest public beta of Twitterrific and so I finally created a Twitter account.

Just a quick post for loyal readers of 1983 - I’m at the Macau International Airport and waiting to board! I’m off to Bangkok for a few days before I officially start working with the team at Whitespace next week.

The Daily Catches will be back the 2nd April.

In the meantime, check out my new studio, http://www.whitespace.hk! I’m so excited to join a talented, creative and dedicated team.

Time to board, take care fellas!

Rune Mortensen
Fabulous graphic design from Rune Mortensen in Oslo, Norway.

We Are Ideas
Street, new media and digital ideas blog. Great!

Noshe
Some great shots from photographer Andreas Gehrke, Noshe.

Pentagram does TIME Magazine.
Fantastic.

Studio Von Birken
Wicked publication design from these fellas in NY.

Louise Campbell
Furniture designer Louise Campbell. Nice!

No-do
Graphic/typographic design from Noémie Gygax, Yann Do.

etapes: Massin à l’Ensad
An exhibition currently in Paris on typography…

Mario Simnch Photography
Great fashion and beauty shots from photographer Mario Simnch.

Viewers Like You
A new-ish design blog. Looks good!

AES
AES is Alexander Shoukas, graphic designer in Amsterdam. Great!

30 Great Website Designs
Tutorialblog picks 30 Great Website Designs. Hmm.

Sevnthsin
Interactive design agency in Minneapolis. Nice site!

Ivy Generator
Quirky, interesting and fun. Grow some ivy today!…

Lola
Lola is a visual effects studio in London. Sexy site. Sexy work!

Kabakuba
Art/design blog. Some great finds!

Various
Various is a design studio in Edinburgh, Scotland. Nice!

Flash Source Code
Some very useful Flash code here, check out the FPS counter!

Alon Livne
Interesting site for fashion designer Alon Livne.

Top 10 CSS Galeries
Tutorialblog picks the top 10 CSS galleries…

You Are Beautiful
Beautiful is the graphic design of Kerry Roper. Beautiful!

Yay Hooray: Illustrator Scripts
A handy thread on Yay Hooray. Illustrator scripts!

Kenichi Hoshine
Some beautiful paintings from artist Kenichi Hoshine.

Top 10 Sites On Typography
Tutorialblogs top 10 sites on web typography. Go tutorialblog!

Marisa Leipert
Great work from fashion designer Marisa Leipert.

Commonbrand
Multi disciplined studio Commonbrand.

Michael Withers
Photographer Michael Withers has some interesting posts!

Essential Websites for Everyday Web Surfers
As title…

Beyond!
Brand environment designers Beyond!

Noisetap
Its Digg for music. Great!

Dita Pepe
Wonderful moments captured by photographer Dita Pepe.

Greyscale Typeface
Fantastic & free sans serif typeface from Greyscale.

Thirteen
Graphic design studio in the UK. Nice clean site and good work!

Dave Hill Photo
Great technique by photographer Dave Hill.

Shiira
Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa for OS X.

It was quiet here over the last couple of weeks, right? On the one hand that was because I spent most of the time working on client projects - info on that will be revealed soon. On the other hand I also worked on a new version of Bartelme Design.

You cannot dislike those chairs. They’re not just like other cardboard chairs. They’re not cubic. They look as simple or as complex as an origami. They’re innovative, include secondary functions besides the “make me sit on a reused box” primary one. And guess what, they’re free, you download the instructions from the website, print them and fold your own.

Swiss-based architect Nicola Enrico Stäubli created them. His Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids. There’s the classic stool — strong enough to let an adult stand on it –, there also is the kid chair, and the great rocking chair.

For lazy parents, there are not complete piece of furniture for you to buy, the philosophy (that we deeply support) is that you need to play the fold games. Do it for your kids, and think that after you’ve done folding, mounting the furniture, your kids will draw on them, colorize their rooms on reused stuff that won’t cost you anything. A personal wish: When plans for the table will come out? (via swissmiss)

I imagine that most creatives are like myself when it comes to awareness of what we do, and… how we do it.

We observe and dissect the lives and thoughts of our clients and audiences with practiced expertise. Yet, somehow, we too easily neglect ourselves in the picture.

As we live our lives as designers/explorers/thinkers, we must be our own documentary photographers, too. Whether by yourself, with a friend, or via hired pro: be sure to capture the process and special moments of creativity as it happens.

A single photograph taken in the heat of a creative session can mean so much in the present and even more in the future.

It’s a discipline that must be learned. Yet, its returns are exponential. Buy a disposable camera and always have one ready to take a snapshot. Whatever makes it happen in the moment. Informality is the rule. Just do it.

I imagine that most creatives are like myself when it comes to awareness of what we do, and… how we do it.

We observe and dissect the lives and thoughts of our clients and audiences with practiced expertise. Yet, somehow, we too easily neglect ourselves in the picture.

As we live our lives as designers/explorers/thinkers, we must be our own documentary photographers, too. Whether by yourself, with a friend, or via hired pro: be sure to capture the process and special moments of creativity as it happens.

A single photograph taken in the heat of a creative session can mean so much in the present and even more in the future.

It’s a discipline that must be learned. Yet, its returns are exponential. Buy a disposable camera and always have one ready to take a snapshot. Whatever makes it happen in the moment. Informality is the rule. Just do it.