inspiration board

[ in-spuh-rey-shuhn bawrd ]

noun

1. a collage of various items, as photographs, drawings, words, fabric swatches, paint chips, and textures, used to visualize specifics in the design of a project or event, and often created after the general look and feel of the design has been established with a mood board:

   If you want to see the floor plan, color scheme, and furnishing ideas for my new sunroom, check out the inspiration board.

Word History and Origins

Origin of inspiration board¹

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Though clocks appear in the chilling story, the timepiece did not occupy Poe’s inspiration board for long.

From Washington Post

Designer Tom Ford told the magazine Talley was “one of the last great fashion editors who has an incredible sense of fashion history. … He can see through everything you do to the original reference, predict what was on your inspiration board.”

From Washington Times

Designer Tom Ford told the magazine Talley was “one of the last great fashion editors who has an incredible sense of fashion history. … He can see through everything you do to the original reference, predict what was on your inspiration board.”

From Seattle Times

Sui printed out pictures of the pie and tacked it on her inspiration board and developed a clothing line called “Heartland.”

From Washington Times

I wrote it down on an index card on my inspiration board for when I was writing the pilot of my show because it was like he was on this hamster wheel, and every single morning he would be like, “Showtime, folks.”

From New York Times