inspiration board

American  

[in-spuh-rey-shuhn bawrd] / ˌɪn spəˈreɪ ʃən ˌbɔrd /

noun

1. a collage of various items, as photographs, drawings, words, fabric swatches, paint chips, and textures, used to visualize specifics in the design of a project or event, and often created after the general look and feel of the design has been established with a mood board.

   If you want to see the floor plan, color scheme, and furnishing ideas for my new sunroom, check out the inspiration board.

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Etymology

Origin of inspiration board

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

Sui printed out pictures of the pie and tacked it on her inspiration board and developed a clothing line called “Heartland.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2020

I have an inspiration board where I put pictures of friends and family.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2019

After Off-White designer Virgil Abloh tacked photos of that combo on his inspiration board for spring 2018, throwback cycling shorts found their way onto the Off-White runway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2018

Markel began as she begins most projects: with an inspiration board filling her studio wall with images selected from a stash amassed over time.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2018

Behind her station in the kitchen is her inspiration board covered in photographs of opulent cakes; as a dyslexic she finds it difficult to follow a written recipe.

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2018