╳ How Pinteresting

 ╳ One of the fastest growing social services in the world, Pinterest is the coolest pinboard-style social photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections and Thread Count Lab is so enthralled we’ve added a ‘pin it’ button to our scrapbook articles! Users can browse other ‘pinboards’ for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections or 'like' photos. In short, Pinterest's mission is to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting.

╳ Founded by Ben Silbermann, Pinterest won best social media app and people's voice award for best functioning visual design at the 2012 Webby Awards. Pinterest’s beauty lies in its seamlessly designed interface: on the main Pinterest page, a ‘pin feed’ appears, displaying the chronological activity from the Pinterest boards that a user follows, elegantly lined up the images look beautiful: additionally, Pinboards can be used in so many different ways— teachers can plan lessons and students can pin and organise sources and collaborate on projects. Especially well-liked among ladies, the most popular subjects are food, DIY and crafts…so don’t hold back there are several ways to register a new Pinterest account— either receive an invitation from a friend already registered, or request an invitation directly from the Pinterest website. Happy pinning!

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Pinterest logo

Thread Count Lab's pins chronologically arranged

4 of Thread Count Lab's boards— Pattern, Drink, Ephemeral and Invisible