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Moodboards

When designing experiences that don’t exist within an already-defined design language, moodboards can be helpful for communicating different aesthetic directions to stakeholders. The activity of curating imagery provides an opportunity for the design team to align on design directions through the exploration of brand and existing materials, aesthetic trends, and other input.

Typically presented as collages of imagery around a theme, moodboards avoid questions about features and interactions, focusing instead on conversations about elements such as color, typography, and motion. By sharing with stakeholders, a design team can observe initial reactions to how a product or service looks or feels. Later activities, like gestural design and mock-ups, should use moodboards as a guiding light, ensuring that the vision survives execution.