Mood Board Examples

Tiandra Ray

Now that we are getting into the representation side of our design, we can begin fleshing out the detail of our form and materials.


Add a slide to your group's slideshow and create a Moodboard for each design in your project. There will likely be some overlap between group members, so you can find images together for the pieces of your project that you have in common (site or animal)


Part 1: The Site

Find 3-5 images that describe the shapes, materials, textures, and patterns found in your site. This can include natural elements lilke the sky and surrounding plants. Include at least one human-made material and one shape/pattern that mimics what is found in your site.


Part 2: The Animal

Find 3-5 images that describe the ideal habitat for your animal. You should refer to your research and include clear images that zoom in on one particular texture, pattern, or natural material (like dirt, rock, stone, sky etc.). 


Part 3: Get Creative

Find 3-5 images that speak to your architectural vision. It could be an image of other types of architecture that inspires you, landscapes in different parts of the country that would accommodate your animal, a futuristic vision of Boston - or even just colors and shapes that you are interested in!


Part 4: Create your moodboard

Collage your images together to create an interesting composition. You can get fancy by removing the background of some of your images with https://www.remove.bg/ .


You can find examples of moodboards here: https://eliot.nuvustudio.com/posts/511659-mood-board-examples