The V8 Hotel

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For those who love nothing more than a good engine, the Stuttgart, Germany V8 Hotel offers rooms that Plastolux points out are “geared” for the driving enthusiast but are also well-appointed.

Jonas Damon iPad Case

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Motivated to create things from materials lying around his house, industrial designer Jonas Damon created an iPad case that’s like no other. Encased in a retro arcade console and another in a gutted Mac, the iPad mimics an old-school cathode-ray television complete with a grainy-snow screensaver for a full ’80s effect.

Link About It: This Week’s Picks

Kanye cartoons, touch-screen watches, licorice-nectarine bitters, black market goods and more in our weekly look at the web

1. #kanyenewyorkertweets Kanye West has close to a half million followers on Twitter, hanging onto every ridiculous Tweet. Inspired by his words, musical comedic group Paul and Storm had the idea to mash-up Kanye’s Tweets with classic New Yorker cartoons, resulting in a genius collection of newfangled cartoons found on the website #kanyenewyorkertweets. 2. 3sixteen+ American menswear label 3sixteen already sets itself apart by being …