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\"Organizing<\/p>\n

I Love Pinterest!<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Whew, I’m so glad I got that off my chest!\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since discovering the Pinterest website during its “beta testing” back in 2010, I knew it was love at first “site.”\u00a0 As a costume designer and textile historian, collecting visual data have been a part of my process since my first fashion class way back before the turn of the century.<\/p>\n

For designers, visual research is an ongoing activity. The goal is to gather images that stimulate and excite, that spark creative thought, and capture a mood, color or texture. The real trick is finding ways to organize and store our personal hoard of pictures.<\/p>\n

Design Inspirations<\/h2>\n

Back in the 80’s, this was about chopping up magazines, catalogs, and brochures and storing them in folders, albums, or boxes.\u00a0 In the 90’s, with the rise of affordable photography via digital media, it became easy to snap an endless, and hard-drive filling, stream of inspirational photos.<\/p>\n

Today, the internet is a vast sea of imagery from around the globe.\u00a0 We don’t have to wait for the next magazine to arrive in the mail, or for daylight to explore a garden.\u00a0 Today, we can seek out images 24\/7.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinterest – Organization for Visual Thinkers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Pinterest allows users to save images that link to sites around the globe.\u00a0 You get to organize collected images into categories that you place on boards. At right, you can see a small selection of the numerous boards I’ve made over the past 8 years.\u00a0 Each board is devoted to a theme, mood, or style.\u00a0 (If you want to see the whole kit-and-caboodle, you can click through to my Pinterest profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

New Section Feature<\/h2>\n

In fall of 2017, Pinterest released a new feature that is a boon for people who are seeking to streamline their profile page.\u00a0 The new “Section” feature allows the user to break up a board by type. If you look at the image above, you can see that I’ve devoted several pages to an ever-growing collection of images about my favorite fabric, Assiut.\u00a0 Now, with the new “Section” feature, I can collect all my images into one board, and then within the board, add subdivisions so it’s easier for me locate a specific image again.<\/p>\n

I think the home decorating analogy works best.\u00a0 Imagine that you are planning a roof to basement remodel of your home.\u00a0 In the past, you might have a board to devoted to kitchens, and another to living room, and another for the bathroom.\u00a0 Now, with the new section features, you can have a board called “Home” with each room becoming its own section.<\/p>\n

Cue the YouTube Demo<\/h2>\n

Rather than tell you about it, I took a moment to put together this demo of how I’m using the new feature to organize my own boards.
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