I agree with what the articles author has said, you learn to create nice designs through the works of others only when you build an effort to actually evaluate the work and state why you think it works or doesnt work. Were all born with the identical set of tools. Those tools you develop and grow are the ones that you make use of for life the workable ones.

Regarding the belief of one designer that "You learn a grand develope by looking at a bad develope ", this is true because we get the chance to assess that certain design and create a better develope which is totally different from that develope . But remember, we all have different tastes and styles. Something that appeals terrible to our eyes might be excellent to others perspective.

I also agree with the statement of the other designer that "You learn good design through the works of others" because sometimes, especially when we are just starting in our chosen profession, we tend to copy other peoples ideas and concepts in building our own works of art. This is acceptable but we should limit ourselves to use other designers designs as references only, not as plagiarized designs-to-be.

Theres nothing wrong in giving criticisms to others or following what other all the people says about us. But always remember that it will still depend on us if how are we going to take these criticisms, either we follow or just ignore them. After all, we all have our own prerogatives to do what we want in our lives. We have our own principles and its up to us if we are going to live with it. I believe that our individuality makes us unique. When it comes to web designing, its a matter of self expression, simply showing what others do not see in you. Lets just respect others the way we respect ourselves.