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Fig 1

The term mood board is often used generically to cover a wide range of board types, each having specific uses.
The types of boards considered to be a vital part of the design process that facilitate creative and innovative
thinking and application, as opposed to those associated with marketing to merely present and communicate
product to an audience, are the focus of this stud.(Fig 2)

Types of Mood board

Physical
One way of creating a mood board is using a foam board which can be cut up with a scalpel and can also have
spray mounted cut-outs put onto it. Cardboard, paper, and cork-board can also be used as an alternative base for
a mood board. Some examples of ideas used to convey a mood are food, music, and colors. Mood boards can be
decorated with string, stickers, pretty tape, magazine pictures, original art, original pictures, and fabrics, as well
as any other decoration that happens to inspire the creator. They can take the form of various shapes and sizes.
Digital
Creating mood boards in a digital form allows for easier collaboration and modification. They can be created with
digital design software, such as Adobe Creative Cloud Express and Figma, or online via sites such as Pinterest.
Users of those platforms often use images that others have shared online to create a vision that they might not
have necessarily been able to create themselves with the physical objects around them.

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