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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

Pinterest's design, a grid of items with varying heights, is showing up everywhere. Here's the real McCoy.

Read Pinterest design spreading like a virus, because it works to learn more.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

This travel site, Trippy, unapologetically uses Pinterest's design concept.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

Hunuku is a limited social site, for families only. It's calls on the "family quilt" for design inspiration. Coincidence?

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

The consumer commerce site Hipswap also uses a grid, but it's not staggered.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

While Pixable is primarily a mobile product, the Web version of the service looks awfully familiar.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

You can view your Facebook photos in a staggered grid, with Friendsheet. (See How to view Facebook photos, Pinterest-style.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

Build your own Pinterest-alike with a jQuery plug-in like this one.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

David Desandro's Masonry is another option for site builders.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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The inspiration

Trippy

Hunuku

Hipswap

Pixable

Friendsheet

Wookmark

Masonry

Swell for Tumblr

You can even bend Tumblr into a mimic of Pinterest.

Updated: March 22, 2012 / Caption: Rafe Needleman / Photo: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET

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