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mood board

[ mood bawrd ]

noun

  1. a collage of various items, as scenic snapshots, song lyrics, and mementos, used to evoke a desired feeling, style, or ambience for a project or event, and often fashioned as a starting point from which to create an inspiration board:

    The wedding planner helped us put together a mood board, which set the whole tone for our reception.



mood board

noun

  1. a board used by designers on which samples of various colours and textures are mounted to help in deciding which elements complement each other
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mood board1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences

“We cast a really wide net and put a document together — a mood board — so that vendors would understand the world we were trying to create,” Friedberg said.

To inspire us in our big, bold designs, Flores and Krempien have placed a mood board at the front of the room, displaying the styles of some of their embroidery influences: Maison Margiela, Jil Sander, Sashi.Co, and Yohji Yamamoto, to start.

Once I got confirmed for the job after initially getting the pilot episode I then made a mood board and sent that over.

From Salon

Ernest’s mood board for the cover of his new album, “Nashville, Tennessee,” contained a picture of Lauren leaning against a barn with an American flag in the background.

“But we made the mood board before we even bought our farm.”

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