Pinterest revamped their look today. I have yet to download the app but I read about it almost every day. I might have to check it out this weekend. Hit the jump for details on the new Pinterest.




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Pinterest has made good on CEO Ben Silbermann’s promise earlier this week to redesign profiles on the site.

New Pinterest profile pages rolled out Friday morning. The new pages boast a cleaner, more streamlined design that evokes Facebook’s Timeline.

For comparison’s sake, here’s top user Jane Wang‘s old Pinterest profile page:

And here’s her new one:

In this grab, there four centered columns vs. the former five, although if you stretch your browser’s window, you can accommodate more. The tab on the left detailing who is following you and who has recently repinned your photos and videos is gone. Instead, a horizontal bar on the top of the page details that information. You’ll also note that there’s more blank space on the side and top, giving the page a less cluttered look. In another change, the default for the profile page shows recent pins, rather than Pinboards.

The vertically oriented photos and the space for a large rectangular photo on top also resemble Facebook’s new Timeline profiles.

Pinterest could not be reached for comment on the redesign. Speaking at SXSW in Austin earlier this week, Silbermann drew a distinction between the new pages and Timeline.

“I’m so excited about it,” he said. “We wanted to make it more beautiful … to make your profile different in kind than the profile you have on Facebook.”

Silbermann also discussed the old design: “We labored over that grid,” he said. “There were literally dozens of that which were fully coded. We felt like, if your collections didn’t look awesome, if they weren’t beautiful, why would anyone spend the time to build them?”

Mashable