Comments on: Designers’ Confidence

By: Concrete Driveway Repair

Concrete Driveway Repair — Thu, 27 May 2010 07:49:59 +0000

There is a thin line dividing ego and arrogance. I have seen many a designers failing because they became too arrogant about what they designed. Creative criticism was the last thing that they were looking for and this is where they called it a day for themselves.

By: Website Design GM

Website Design GM — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:23:27 +0000

I’ve always found myself to be a harsh critic of my own work but have always seen that as a positive. Good article, well worth the read.

By: TomPier

TomPier — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:37:53 +0000

great post as usual!

By: Boldis Media

Boldis Media — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 08:59:16 +0000

Designer absolutely need some Ego. But it must be productive Ego of perfectionism.

By: Tendances de Mode

Tendances de Mode — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:34:53 +0000

Mmm, there we have a very interesting read. Confidence in general may be very helpful in every part of life, but too much (or too little will) get you in trouble, that’s for sure !

By: ryanMoultrup

ryanMoultrup — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:55:21 +0000

Of course you have to have a high degree of confidence..even ego ’cause the next guy that is designing with a high level of confidence is going to make better designs than you.

By: Abbey Fitzgerald

Abbey Fitzgerald — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:54:17 +0000

Egos are annoying.

By: Dan Le

Dan Le — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:24:36 +0000

I’ve recently wrote a post similar to this where it was the opposite in that some designers and artists don’t show off their works or designs because they see all the other good designers on the web and around them.

Confidence and just having the “balls” to just show your work out there is what’s needed. No need to say, “Oh I’m better than this person”. You design towards your goal not some other designer’s.

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By: Katy Dwyer

Katy Dwyer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:23:52 +0000

Although you seem to be writing specifically regarding website design, I think this is valid in print design as well. I used to work in a job where my art director was clearly afraid to tell me when he didn’t like something I had designed. It made my job that much harder, and my design that much weaker. Collaboration, and therefore, the ability to accept criticism, is necessary in the design world. As creatives, I think we need to value both our own opinions (i.e. have that ego!) and the opinions of our peers.