She hired designer Kristy Kropat, who turned a Mediterranean-style casita into a modern-industrial room with modular furniture, LED accent lights, metallic gray walls with pixelated Space Invader vinyl decals and bright pops of color.

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Much of the tale concerns a Frenchman named Thierry Guetta, who began by filming such street artists as Space Invader and Shepard Fairey and then, in a moment of wild optimism, decided to join their ranks.

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