MOOD BOARD Definition & Meaning

mood board

[ mood bawrd ]

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noun

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

a board used by designers on which samples of various colours and textures are mounted to help in deciding which elements complement each other

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of mood board¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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For weeks leading up to the bout, she manifested victory by creating a mood board and pinning it above her bed.

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“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.

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

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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.

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

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