Have you all heard of the super-fabulous Pinterist? As far as I can tell, it is basically a site that allows you to create multiple visual bibliographies in the form of virtual bulletin boards. Totally awesome, no? You create different "boards" based on whatever themes you want--say "Potential Bedroom Design Ideas" or "Recipes I Love" or "Typography"--and the site catalogs the images you choose to save with your captions as well as the embedded links. This way not only can you organize and easily re-access sources of personal inspiration, but you can also connect with other users, follow their boards, and re-pin their images, thereby falling down a rabbit hole of incredible eye candy. YUM.
The only obstacle keeping me from being a Pin-Star is that you have to get invited to Pinterest (darn exclusivity), and since I don't know of any friends who use the site yet, I had to request membership from the site's generic invitation form. Sadly, I'm not really sure how long of a waiting list there is, but believe you me I'm checking daily to see if I'm "in." Now, if any of you lucky ducks want to Pinterest with me, once I do gain access I'll make sure to send you an invite, so just let me know! I am offering this because (A) I am super nice; (B) all of my friends and family have incredible taste and so I imagine that I would really like their pinboards; and (C) I've read that Pinterest allows you to collaborate on boards with other members, which I think would be totally fun.
Part of why I am so interested in engaging with this site has to with an interior design studio I took back in grad school. Our professor had us collect images that resonated with us over a two-week period--no rules or predetermined theme required. We then mapped those pictures, organizing them on a bulletin board and tracing connections with thread (literally) as a means for teasing out underlying concepts and organically generating meaningful inspiration. I. loved. that. project. It was totally amazing to see meaning emerge out of a seemingly random array of images, deep patterns arise from visual chaos. That's why once I do get on Pinterest, some of my boards will be organized by category, but at least one will simply be a catalog of random favorites--everyday eye candy, if you will. Can't wait!!
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