A Good Designer...

Logo Design Love:

Good designers never lose curiosity

“Becoming a good designer is, in my mind, directly related to one’s curiosity and willingness to work. If you keep asking questions and deliberately practicing your craft, you get better. It’s that simple. So when it feels difficult and you want to scream, grab a pencil and a big blank sheet of paper, and just start drawing. With each iteration you’re closer.”

http://www.logodesignlove.com/we-all-get-stuck

How Good Designers Think:

Good designers like observing

"You and I could walk down the street together and look at the same things, but I'd SEE ten times more than you would."- Paul Smith

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/04/how_good_designers_think.html

My Ink Blog:

Good designers explore the unexplored

"A great designer takes on clients that challenge them to reach beyond their comfort zone, and dare into new territories and unexplored landscapes. They welcome feedback and use those critiques to further hone their creative skills and efforts. A great designer does not consider themselves to be great, as much as they see themselves as successful with a gallery of interesting and varied work. You see they are always striving for more and pushing forward, knowing not that they are great, but just that they are designers."

http://www.myinkblog.com/2010/02/15/measuring-up-are-you-a-good-designer-or-a-great-one/

Clmt:Good designers know their target audience

"… specific skills do not make a good designer. … Effective design relies on understanding the audience and using this knowledge to communicate how your website or product works. … Knowledge of areas like user experience, interaction design and psychology help the designer understand the when and the why, and this is the sort of knowledge that isn’t tied down to specific techniques—the sort of knowledge that can be applied in a wide range of contexts and industries. "

http://clmnt.com/post/5173965290/what-makes-a-good-designer

Mcdezigns:

Good designers are level headed

"I want to work with someone that has seen and made so many mistakes that they have an ever-present sense of the fragility of any design. Leave egos and negativity at the door. One of us is not smarter then all of us. Happiness can be derived out of sharing. Sharing can give you feedback to improve."

http://www.mcdezigns.com