Mood BoardsLesson 1

Lesson Goals

Understand the purpose of a mood board

Know how to collect suitable assets for a mood board

Be able to create an electronic mood board

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What is a moodboard?Think about our research lessons…

Mood Boards

Mood boards visually illustrate the direction a new idea or concept can take.

A mood board is used to collect ideas (photos, fabrics, colours) and help generate concepts on a specific style.

They can be made by pinning things on a display board or using software: Desktop Publishing Image Editing

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Understand purpose of mood boardsCreate an electronic mood board

Odd One OutOne of these assets doesn’t belong with the others…

Assets

Assets must be relevant to the theme or topic of the mood board you are attempting to create.

Sometimes there may be some very straight forward things that could link a series of different images together: Colour Shape Style

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Understand purpose of mood boardsCreate an electronic mood board

Your Task

Create a mood board on the theme of either of the following places: Great Britain USA

Your mood board should include relevant assets such as: Flag Colours Landmarks People Food Brands #moodboard

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Understand purpose of mood boardsCreate an electronic mood board

Key Words

Mood Board

Asset

Visually illustrate the direction a new idea or concept may take.

An object or thing (often images) that can be used in a mood board.