Mood board

A mood board is a type of poster design that may consist of images, text, and samples of objects in a composition of the choice of the mood board creator. Designers and others use mood boards to develop their design concepts and to communicate to other members of the design team.

• Architecture
• Advertising
• Branding
• Interior Design
• Graphic Design
• Fashion Design
• Interface design
• Game design
• Website design
• Marketing communication (commercials)
• Movie
• Storyboard
• Painting
• Fashion
• Music
• Photography

Uses

Mood boards are often used by graphic designers to enable a person to illustrate visually the direction of style which they are pursuing. However, mood boards can also be used to visually explain a certain style of writing, or an imaginary setting for a storyline. In short, mood boards are not limited to visual subjects, but serve as a visual tool to quickly inform others of the overall 'feel' (or 'flow') that a designer is trying to achieve. Creating mood boards in a digital form may be easier and quicker, but physical objects often tend to have a higher impact on people because of the more complete palette of sensations physical mood boards offer, in contrast with the black & white or color-prints of a digital mood board.

Mood board creators

• MoodShare | Collaborative mood boards for creative professionals
• SampleBoard | Moodboard Editor for the creative industries
• Moodly | the easy way to make and share mood boards with all your collaborators and clients
• Olioboard | Interior Design Mood Board Creator
• Polyvore | Fashion & Interior Design Mood Board Creator
• iPad Moodboard Creator
• Adobe Collage

See also

• Soundboard (computer program) - a collection of sound effects.
• Dashboard (interface) - a collection of important system information.
• Mashup (digital) - a collection of multimedia.
• Bulletin board - a collection of practical information snippets.