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

Though clocks appear in the chilling story, the timepiece did not occupy Poe’s inspiration board for long.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

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