mood board

noun

variants or less commonly moodboard

ˈmüd-ˌbȯrd

plural mood boards also moodboards

: a collection of objects, images, etc. that is assembled often on a flat surface and used as inspiration for something (such as a design or goal)

Anna Sui treats her mood boards a bit like shrines. A focal point in her new studio …, four separate panels, each bordered in a trompe l'oeil Art Nouveau frame, set off photographs, fabric swatches and illustrations by Mary Blair …—

Ruth La Ferla

Oftentimes clients give him a lot of creative freedom, he said, because they like the style of other projects he has done. He will then create a mood board, with images and phrases to inspire his creation.—

Rachel Spacek

The producer came to London to my house to have a meeting with me. They brought me the script and this strange kind of moodboard with pictures and drawings …—

Noomi Rapace, quoted at yahoo.com

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And while Lee’s mood boards featured the Marquis de Sade’s The 120 Days of Sodom and Hans Bellmer’s dismembered dolls, Burton’s inspirations were the Taatit rugs of the Shetland Islands and the blue flax fields of Northern Ireland. —

Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2024 With the start of a new year comes the inevitable anticipation of looking (and planning) ahead, and an easy way to keep that excitement going for every season is by choosing your own mood board for your monthly manicures. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2024 There’s no need to hash out things with mood boards. —

Bill Springer, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 Get your mood boards ready: Taylor Swift just dropped some new winter outfit inspo. —

Catherine Santino, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for mood board