Let There Be Light: Back in December word got...

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Back in December word got out that artist Leo Villareal wants to brighten up the Bay Bridge's western span by lighting the bridge with 25,000 LED lights flickering from its cables in sequences inspired by ebbs and flows of the Bay environment. From the project's fundraising website we learn that the project's "in the home stretch," and that it's raised $5.2M in gifts and pledges so far, but they need $1.8 million more by July 1st to start the install. The project won't move forward if they don't reach $7 million by July 1st. [Curbed SF/Causes]

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Design Heat Maps: Design Heat Maps: 12 Essential Stops in the City of Light

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, February 28, 2012, by Stirling Kelso

Welcome to Design Heat Maps, wherein travel journalist Stirling Kelso—a regular contributor to Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and the New York Times, among other outlets—breaks down that which an architecture and design junkie can't miss in can't-miss cities. Feel free to tack on additions in the comments and recommend Curbed's next destination by dropping us an email.
The mezzanine at L'Opera Restaurant, designed by Odile Decq

One of the world's great design cities, and one of its all-time great destinations, Paris is chock full of legendary works of art and architecture, but most of it is, well, a bit old and dusty. Throwing much of the Midnight in Paris-style nostalgia to the wind, here now are more recent additions to the City of Light. From stark hotels to glassy restaurants to subterranean clubs (designed by a famous film director no less), these are a dozen of the essential Parisian destinations for the design-minded visitor. So, hop a flight, rent some fashionable digs, or make like a billionaire and buy a $138M mansion, and start exploring.

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Let There Be Light: The "national embarrassment" that was Candlestick...

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Pale & Interesting: Light, Bright, & Textural Home Goods Store Profile

Specialty: Shabby chic decor

Price Range: ($$$) High-End

As much as we love color, there's something intriguing about a simple palette of pales. Instead of the loud statement of brights, you get the subtle song of texture and detail. With that in mind, husband and wife team Dave Coote and Atlanta Bartlett bring their signature shabby chic style to their own shop.

Pale & Interesting is a boutique that highlights covetable home goods from across the pond. From worn cupboards to fuzzy mohair throws and mercury glass pendants, a warm and welcoming home comes from things that invite touch. With Atlanta's stylist experience and Dave's eye for furniture design, their easy and distressed look translates to create wonderfully collected spaces. As you browse the site, you may recognize some pieces; much of the inventory can be seen in the pair's style book of the same name. Whether you're a pale perfectionist or just looking to add some interest to a room, Pale & Interesting is worth a peek.

For more about Pale & Interesting, visit their store page over at Marketplace.

Images: Pale & Interesting

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Video Interlude: Watch a Truly Masterful Halloween-Decorating Light Show

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Riverside, Calif.-based YouTuber Halloween Light Show has rigged an otherwise unassuming house with a complex lighting system so that it's synched up to the song This is Halloween from the 1993 flick The Nightmare Before Christmas. According to the project description, the dazzling display was made possible thanks to strobes, floods, thousands of LED lights, and DMX fixtures and dimmers. Whatever that means. Sit back and watch as four pumpkin faces sing and tombstones do their thing, all without a an electricity-bill care in the world.

Halloween Light Show: This is Halloween:

· Halloween Light Show - This is Halloween [YouTube via Laughing Squid]

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Memo From the Management: In light of this morning's New...

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In light of this morning's New York Times slideshow, we're hard pressed to announce that our coverage of the Kips Bay Decorator Show House will come a bit later today, after our special Curbed correspondent writes up the press preview. In the mean time, a full list of participating designers can be viewed here. [NYT; previously]

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Bowled Over: Bud Light Spoofs Home-Reno Shows by "Making Over" Kitchen

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Welcome to Bowled Over, a one-day-only column in which we attempt to soften the post-Super Bowl beer-and-burger haze by replaying only those commercials that are somehow pertinent in some way to what we cover on Curbed. Throughout the day we'll be posting videos intermittently; stayed tuned as we explore the many ads that interrupted one mighty good game.

The brand: Anheuser-Busch/Bud Light
The celeb: None
The gist: In an episode of fictitious home-reno show Hack Job, a couple prepares to see the results of a kitchen remodel only to find the kitchen exactly the same. "But you didn't do anything," the wife protests. "You just put Bud Light on the counter."

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C'Mon Baby, Light Your Fire: This morning Contemporist offers just the...

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