GORMLEY AND EXTERIOR DESIGN

As Antony Gormley's wonderul figures stood on the rooftops gazing at us gazing at them from the Southbank's terraces earlier today... some serious design cross pollination took place. I found myself thinking how important the exterior of one building is to the interior of another. To some extent what goes on outside our windows is as important as what goes on inside. The outside of the house opposite ours is possibly more important to us than it is to its owners. Whether we like it or not we are all responsible for each other's aesthetic pleasures and traumas when it comes to rooms with a view. A call for "considerate design" for those planning roof terraces, balconies and window boxes? Just one of the many contagious thoughts provoked by Gormley's interesting BLIND LIGHT exhibition on at the Hayward Gallery until August 19th. http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gormley/