📌 Pinterest Clone

Type: Web App

Role: UI/UX Designer

Tools: Figma

Timeline: ~1 week

✨ Overview

This project is a redesign and reimagination of the Pinterest experience—focused on creating a smooth, interactive, and visually rich interface. The goal was to build something that feels familiar yet fresh, with an emphasis on content discovery, personalization, and clean UI.

"The fun part was building a space that feels both personal and curated—like your own creative bubble."

🎯 Goal

To design a responsive, dynamic platform where users can explore, save, and organize content effortlessly—mimicking the core Pinterest functionality, but with subtle UX refinements and layout improvements.

🧠 Core Features

🧱 Dynamic grid layout for seamless browsing across screen sizes
🖼️ Interactive pinboards where users can save and organize their ideas
🔍 Powerful search system with filters, trending tags, and suggestions
🎨 Personalized feed based on engagement and browsing behavior

Pinterest clone showing dynamic grid layout

Pinterest clone showing interactive pinboards

🎨 Design Approach

A big focus was creating a layout that's visually dense but not overwhelming. That meant:

Clean margins, strong alignment, and a fluid grid system
Hover feedback, micro-interactions, and soft transitions
Prioritizing content while keeping UI elements lightweight and functional

Pinterest clone showing clean margins and alignment

Pinterest clone showing hover interactions

🧰 Tools & Techniques

Designed responsive screens in Figma
Used auto layout + constraints to ensure layout adaptability
Focused on visual hierarchy and intuitive navigation flow
Prototype tested various board creation flows

💡 Key Learnings

Designing grid systems requires a fine balance—spacing, alignment, and responsiveness really affect how "fluid" the design feels
Microinteractions (like hover and save states) play a big role in making static content feel interactive
Simplifying the search flow improved user retention in prototypes

✅ Outcome

The result is a clean, dynamic, and highly visual platform that enhances content discovery while staying user-focused and minimal.

🔮 Next Steps

Integrate social collaboration (group boards, shared pins)
Add dark mode
Conduct usability testing on pin creation flows