Today, various communication activities represented by communication and exchange between people are being used as an important method for creative problem-solving in design. A social network service (SNS) called 'Pinterest' has the advantage of active communication and acquisition of visual information in the design field based on images, and is increasingly emerging. The purpose of this study is to examine the use cases and behaviors in the design field, where creative work is prioritized, in that design is the transmission and exchange of image information, and to explore the influence and direction it will have on basic design education. Accordingly, a questionnaire survey was conducted on 261 college students majoring in design, and meaningful data on the recent use of Pinterest was obtained. As a result of the survey, it was found that Pinterest, as a vast image-based SNS, has the ease of use to obtain design ideas suitable for one's major field, and actively participates in its use by logging in at least once a day. In addition, it was confirmed that most of the subjects recognized that Pinterest was more helpful in improving problem-solving ability and creativity than when not using Pinterest. It can be said that the significance of this study is that it has deduced a certain research result of acquiring basic data that can contemplate new possibilities of basic design education process and subject design in universities through this study.