Why are you a designer?

I am a designer because I wanted to solve problems in a beautiful way. I started out focusing purely on the way things worked - solving problems with my code. But as I created more and more pages I realized that the best solutions were the ones that connected with the customers. And the ones that connected were the designs that looked the best (or maybe it's that the ones that looked the best connected most with the customers...). At any rate, I realized then that I couldn't just focus on how a Web page solved a problem, I had to focus on the design as well. Now, I think of myself as a Web designer/developer. I build Web solutions that look great and serve a purpose. The Design O'Blog has a number of other reasons why people are designers. Why are you a designer?