There is a\u00a0medical student<\/a>\u00a0who has a board for up and coming tech innovations.\u00a0\u00a0Fat Daddy Loves You<\/a>\u00a0posts entire series from photographers in a way that attempts to enact social change.<\/p>\n Generally speaking though, Pinterest has become a place where friends can follow each other\u2019s boards. It has become possible to create a visible map of trends among a group of friends. Specifically, Pinterest is favored with girls because they can repin<\/a> fashion trends from each other. Pinterest has become another vital part of an individual\u2019s cyber-social experience.<\/p>\n For designers, Pinterest holds value as a valuable marketing tool. According to the Design Institute of Australia<\/a>, designers are often self employed. The design job market is competitive and the freedom of self employment is attractive to most designers. Self employment makes confidence, talent, and great marketing skills vital to a designer.<\/p>\n The internet has enabled a designer to create her own blog and \u201cwebsite\u201dlists, which can showcase her particular style and her ability. She can create a personalized home for her work that fits with the theme of her projects. The problem with this venue in the past is that the only way to advertise this website was through word of mouth. A designer could pass out business cards to friends, family, and strangers, but knowledge of her work rarely got past her own private sphere. There was no online common space for designers to promote their work.<\/p>\n This is where Pinterest has become absolutely vital.<\/strong> Since its inception, Pinterest has advertised itself as a way for individuals to organize and share the things they love. It is a way to categorize one\u2019s personal taste and it is a living catalogue of current trends. Basically, it is the perfect way for a designer to showcase her style and attract consumers to her products, and it adds a whole new level to the codesign<\/a> process.<\/p>\n A typical perusing of Pinterest involves scrolling through pages and pages of pictures of ideas and products. Someone interested in planning a wedding may search for wedding invitations<\/a> and pages of beautifully crafted invitations appear. The wedding planner can click on one that catches her eye and maybe fits the Western-chic theme of her wedding. She is brought to a designer\u2019s personal website or Etsy page and can choose from a multitude of invitation designs that obviously fits her taste. She can also look at handmade stamps and sealing waxes.<\/p>\n This is what Pinterest has done for the design world. In almost every designer\u2019s Pinterest bio is a link to her personal website. The consumer is instantly connected to the product in one common space. More so, designers can follow each other; envisioning and innovation have become a part of the designer\u2019s online social experience.<\/p>\n Pinterest has essentially socialized design culture. Where once a self employed designer worked in the bubble of her private site and studio, now her work can be posted and shared with other designers and Pinterest users.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Banner self-made with some\u00a0inspiration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The increased usability and sociability of the internet has redefined the marketing aspect of design culture.\u00a0 In essence, design is a commercial act.\u00a0 It is about creating or reworking a product that has a functional use in the world. A … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/charlotteculthyptxt\/files\/2012\/10\/pinboard-1024x532.jpg\")
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